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CVE-2022-49048

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-49048 addresses a kernel panic vulnerability in the Linux kernel's IPv6 forwarding function (ip6_forward()) when processing packets on an input interface without an associated IPv6 device. Rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 5.5, this local attack requires low privileges and can lead to a denial of service (system crash). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.19.199, < 4.19.239CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.4.136, < 5.4.190CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.10.54, < 5.10.112CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.13.6, < 5.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.14.1, < 5.15.35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
18.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0026 is in the 73rd 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 Patches (2)

redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-49048Moderate

kernel: ipv6: fix panic when forwarding a pkt with no in6 dev

Feb 26, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/74b68f5249f16c5f7f675d0f604fa6ae20e3a151
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/a263712ba8c9ded25dd9d2d5ced11bcea5b33a3e
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/ab2f5afb7af5c68389e8c7dd29e0a98fbeaaa435
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/adee01bbf6cb5b3e4ed08be8ff866aac90f13836
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/e3fa461d8b0e185b7da8a101fe94dfe6dd500ac0
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/e69fb3de87a8923e5931a272a38fa3cceb01da44
Patch