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CVE-2022-49000

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-49000 is a reference count leak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's IOMMU/VT-d subsystem, specifically affecting the has_external_pci() function. This flaw, rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), could lead to a denial-of-service condition due to resource exhaustion. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.0, < 5.10.158CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 5.15.82CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 6.0.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
15.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0024 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-49000Moderate

kernel: iommu/vt-d: Fix PCI device refcount leak in has_external_pci()

Oct 21, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/10ed7655a17f6a3eaecd1293830488259ccd5723
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/17f67414718e6aba123335a33b7d15aa594fff34
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/afca9e19cc720bfafc75dc5ce429c185ca93f31d
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/b6eea8b2e858a20ad58ac62dc2de90fea2413f94
Patch