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CVE-2022-49202

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-49202 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability (CWE-476) in the Linux kernel's Bluetooth HCI UART driver (hci_uart), specifically within the h5_enqueue function. This flaw occurs when hu->serdev is NULL, leading to a General Protection Fault and system crash. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), it requires local access (AV:L, PR:L) to trigger a denial of service (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.15, < 5.15.33CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 5.16.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 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
0.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
17.2%
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 71st 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-2022-49202Moderate

kernel: Bluetooth: hci_uart: add missing NULL check in h5_enqueue

Feb 26, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/32cb08e958696908a9aad5e49a78d74f7e32fffb
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/7235485433d290367d60ae22fcdfc565e61d42ab
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/8a3896c30f542439d36303183dc96f65df8cc528
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/e6b6c904c0f88588b6a3ace20e4c0d61eab124f8
Patch