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CVE-2022-49150

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-49150 is a refcount leak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's GameCube RTC driver, specifically within the gamecube_rtc_read_offset_from_sram function, affecting Linux kernel versions. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) can lead to a denial of service (A:H) through local, low-privilege access (AV:L/PR:L), requiring no user interaction. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low immediate threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.17, < 5.17.2CPE 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
0.22%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
12.3%
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

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-2022-49150Moderate

kernel: rtc: gamecube: Fix refcount leak in gamecube_rtc_read_offset_from_sram

Feb 26, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/4b2dc39ca024990abe36ad5d145c4fe0c06afd34
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/de66e4f28dfd11f954966c447b4430529ed040a2
Patch