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CVE-2022-49064

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-49064 is a vulnerability in the Linux kernel's cachefiles subsystem, where an error path can lead to an inode remaining incorrectly marked as "in use." This can cause subsequent operations with the same index key to fail or trigger warnings. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), this local vulnerability requires low privileges and local access, potentially leading to high availability impact by causing denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.17, < 5.17.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18: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
0.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
12.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0022 is in the 55th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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)

redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-49064Low

kernel: cachefiles: unmark inode in use in error path

Feb 26, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/b2055abafd3d4ee0376fb3eed5cae866316995a1
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/ea5dc046127e857a7873ae55fd57c866e9e86fb2
Patch