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CVE-2022-49099

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-49099 is a Linux kernel vulnerability affecting the hv_vmbus driver, specifically related to the initialization of device objects within the vmbus_device_register() function. This flaw could lead to a denial of service (DoS) due to uninitialized DMA pointers and mask values, as indicated by the WARNING trace. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), it requires local access and low privileges, has low attack complexity, and its primary impact is high availability loss. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.17, < 5.17.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.18CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.18:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
10.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0021 is in the 50th 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-2022-49099Moderate

kernel: Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix initialization of device object in vmbus_device_register()

Feb 26, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/2fe4b8631427618175a32f125062df91a5fe3f73
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/3a5469582c241abca22500f36a9cb8e9331969cf
Patch