5.5

CVE-2022-49874: linux

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49874DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49874
Published 01-05-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-49874 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.22%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 5

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: HID: hyperv: fix possible memory leak in mousevsc_probe() If hid_add_device() returns error, it should call hid_destroy_device() to free hid_dev which is allocated in hid_allocate_device().

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.22%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

12%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.21% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026
EPSS score
0.22%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

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≥ 74c4fb058083b47571a4f76dcfce95085f2d8098, < ed75d1a1c31a0cae8ecc8bcea710b25c0be68da0 | ≥ 74c4fb058083b47571a4f76dcfce95085f2d8098, < 249b743801c00542e9324f87b380032e957a43e8 | ≥ 74c4fb058083b47571a4f76dcfce95085f2d8098, < a6d2fb1874c52ace1f5cf1966ee558829c5c19b6 | ≥ 74c4fb058083b47571a4f76dcfce95085f2d8098, < e29289d0d8193fca6d2c1f0a1de75cfc80edec00 | ≥ 74c4fb058083b47571a4f76dcfce95085f2d8098, < 8597b59e3d22b27849bd3e4f92a3d466774bfb04 | ≥ 74c4fb058083b47571a4f76dcfce95085f2d8098, < 5ad95d71344b7ffec360d62591633b3c465dc049 | ≥ 74c4fb058083b47571a4f76dcfce95085f2d8098, < 5f3aba6566b866f5b0a4916f0b2e8a6ae66a6451 | ≥ 74c4fb058083b47571a4f76dcfce95085f2d8098, < b5bcb94b0954a026bbd671741fdb00e7141f9c91 | 3.3
  • linux_kernel≥ 3.3, < 4.9.334 | ≥ 4.10, < 4.14.300 | ≥ 4.15, < 4.19.267 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.225 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.155 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.79 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.0.9 | 6.1:rc1 | 6.1:rc2 | 6.1:rc3 | 6.1:rc4
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.0.10-1

3 vendors · 116 products

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