5.5

CVE-2022-49906: linux

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49906DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49906
Published 01-05-2025Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-49906 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9.2% 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 listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 7
SUSE-SU-2025:01918-1SUSE-SU-2025:01966-1SUSE-SU-2025:01982-1SUSE-SU-2025:01983-1SUSE-SU-2025:01995-1SUSE-SU-2025:02173-1

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: ibmvnic: Free rwi on reset success Free the rwi structure in the event that the last rwi in the list processed successfully. The logic in commit 4f408e1fa6e1 ("ibmvnic: retry reset if there are no other resets") introduces an issue that results in a 32 byte memory leak whenever the last rwi in the list gets processed.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.20%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

9%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.19% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026
EPSS score
0.20%

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

Ubuntu95 products
  • linux< 5.15.0-60.66
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.15.0-1030.34
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 4f408e1fa6e10b6da72691233369172bac7d9e9b, < 535b78739ae75f257c894a05b1afa86ad9a3669e | ≥ 4f408e1fa6e10b6da72691233369172bac7d9e9b, < c3543a287cfba9105dcc4bb41eb817f51266caaf | ≥ 4f408e1fa6e10b6da72691233369172bac7d9e9b, < d6dd2fe71153f0ff748bf188bd4af076fe09a0a6 | 5.14
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.14, < 5.15.78 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.0.8 | 6.1:rc1 | 6.1:rc2 | 6.1:rc3
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.0.8-1

3 vendors · 98 products

References

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