5.5

CVE-2022-49887: media: meson: vdec: fix possible refcount leak in vdec_probe()

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49887DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49887
Published 01-05-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-49887 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9.7% 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
0.20%
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 6 · Related 6
SUSE-SU-2025:01918-1SUSE-SU-2025:01966-1SUSE-SU-2025:01982-1SUSE-SU-2025:01995-1SUSE-SU-2025:02173-1SUSE-SU-2025:02262-1

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: media: meson: vdec: fix possible refcount leak in vdec_probe() v4l2_device_unregister need to be called to put the refcount got by v4l2_device_register when vdec_probe fails or vdec_remove is called.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.20%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

10%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.01 pp

From 0.19% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
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

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ubuntu113 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-139.156 | < 5.15.0-60.66
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1096.104 | < 5.15.0-1030.34
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 3e7f51bd96077acad6acd7b45668f65b44233c4e, < 70119756311a0be3b95bec2e1ba714673e90feba | ≥ 3e7f51bd96077acad6acd7b45668f65b44233c4e, < be6e22f54623d8a856a4f167b25be73c2ff1ff80 | ≥ 3e7f51bd96077acad6acd7b45668f65b44233c4e, < f96ad391d054bd5c36994f98afd6a12cbb5600bf | ≥ 3e7f51bd96077acad6acd7b45668f65b44233c4e, < 0457e7b12ece1a7e41fa0ae8b7e47c0a72a83bef | ≥ 3e7f51bd96077acad6acd7b45668f65b44233c4e, < 7718999356234d9cc6a11b4641bb773928f1390f | 5.3
  • linux_kernel< 5.4.224 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.154 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.78 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.0.8 | 6.1:rc1
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.0.8-1

3 vendors · 116 products

References

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