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CVE-2022-49161

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-49161 is a refcount leak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ASoC Mediatek audio driver, specifically within the mt8183_da7219_max98357_dev_probe function. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.5) could lead to a denial of service (availability impact) through local, low-privilege access with low attack complexity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.2, < 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
12.6%
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 56th 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 (2)

redhatCVE-2022-49161

kernel: ASoC: mediatek: Fix error handling in mt8183_da7219_max98357_dev_probe

Feb 26, 2025
microsoft2025-Feb/CVE-2022-49161Moderate

ASoC: mediatek: Fix error handling in mt8183_da7219_max98357_dev_probe

Feb 11, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/28a265a1ee11febeec5ea73a804f30dcec3181ca
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/9b9f6227e8d0c7c46b6d9d7b8a5c4e0536049fcf
Patch