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CVE-2022-49014

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-49014 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's tun driver, specifically within the tun_detach() function, affecting Linux kernel versions. This flaw occurs when the sock_put() function is called prematurely, leading to an attempt to access a freed 'struct net' object. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability allows a local attacker to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts with low attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.17, < 4.19.268CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.20, < 5.4.226CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5, < 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
18.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0026 is in the 53rd percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-49014Moderate

kernel: net: tun: Fix use-after-free in tun_detach()

Oct 21, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/04b995e963229501401810dab89dc73e7f12d054
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/16c244bc65d1175775325ec0489a5a5c830e02c7
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/1f23f1890d91812c35d32eab1b49621b6d32dc7b
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/4cde8da2d814a3b7b176db81922d4ddaad7c0f0e
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/5daadc86f27ea4d691e2131c04310d0418c6cd12
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/5f442e1d403e0496bacb74a58e2be7f500695e6f
Patch