5.5

CVE-2022-49788: misc/vmw_vmci: fix an infoleak in vmci_host_do_receive_datagram()

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49788DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49788
Published 01-05-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-49788 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Use of Uninitialized Resource vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.23% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.23%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 21 · Related 7
RHSA-2025:11298RHSA-2025:11299RHSA-2025:12746RHSA-2025:13029RHSA-2025:13030RHSA-2025:13061

Timeline

  1. 01-05-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc/vmw_vmci: fix an infoleak in vmci_host_do_receive_datagram() `struct vmci_event_qp` allocated by qp_notify_peer() contains padding, which may carry uninitialized data to the userspace, as observed by KMSAN: BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in instrument_copy_to_user ./include/linux/instrumented.h:121 instrument_copy_to_user ./include/linux/instrumented.h:121 _copy_to_user+0x5f/0xb0 lib/usercopy.c:33 copy_to_user ./include/linux/uaccess.h:169 vmci_host_do_receive_datagram drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c:431 vmci_host_unlocked_ioctl+0x33d/0x43d0 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c:925 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 ... Uninit was stored to memory at: kmemdup+0x74/0xb0 mm/util.c:131 dg_dispatch_as_host drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_datagram.c:271 vmci_datagram_dispatch+0x4f8/0xfc0 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_datagram.c:339 qp_notify_peer+0x19a/0x290 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1479 qp_broker_attach drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1662 qp_broker_alloc+0x2977/0x2f30 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1750 vmci_qp_broker_alloc+0x96/0xd0 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1940 vmci_host_do_alloc_queuepair drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c:488 vmci_host_unlocked_ioctl+0x24fd/0x43d0 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c:927 ... Local variable ev created at: qp_notify_peer+0x54/0x290 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1456 qp_broker_attach drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1662 qp_broker_alloc+0x2977/0x2f30 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1750 Bytes 28-31 of 48 are uninitialized Memory access of size 48 starts at ffff888035155e00 Data copied to user address 0000000020000100 Use memset() to prevent the infoleaks. Also speculatively fix qp_notify_peer_local(), which may suffer from the same problem.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.23%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

14%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.01 pp

From 0.23% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu113 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.15.0-206.217 | < 5.4.0-144.161 | < 5.15.0-67.74
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.15.0-1151.164 | < 5.4.0-1097.105 | < 5.15.0-1031.35
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 06164d2b72aa752ce4633184b3e0d97601017135, < 7ccf7229b96fadc3a185d1391f814a604c7ef609 | ≥ 06164d2b72aa752ce4633184b3e0d97601017135, < f04586c2315cfd03d72ad0395705435e7ed07b1a | ≥ 06164d2b72aa752ce4633184b3e0d97601017135, < 5a275528025ae4bc7e2232866856dfebf84b2fad | ≥ 06164d2b72aa752ce4633184b3e0d97601017135, < e7061dd1fef2dfb6458cd521aef27aa66f510d31 | ≥ 06164d2b72aa752ce4633184b3e0d97601017135, < 62634b43d3c4e1bf62fd540196f7081bf0885c0a | ≥ 06164d2b72aa752ce4633184b3e0d97601017135, < 8e2f33c598370bcf828bab4d667d1d38bcd3c57d | ≥ 06164d2b72aa752ce4633184b3e0d97601017135, < 76c50d77b928a33e5290aaa9fdc10e88254ff8c7 | ≥ 06164d2b72aa752ce4633184b3e0d97601017135, < e5b0d06d9b10f5f43101bd6598b076c347f9295f | 3.9
  • linux_kernel≥ 3.9, < 4.9.334 | ≥ 4.10, < 4.14.300 | ≥ 4.15, < 4.19.267 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.225 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.156 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.80 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.0.10 | 6.1:rc1 | 6.1:rc2 | 6.1:rc3 | 6.1:rc4 | 6.1:rc5
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.0.10-1

3 vendors · 116 products

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