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CVE-2022-49209

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-49209 is a memory leak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's BPF and sockmap components, specifically within the tcp_bpf_sendmsg function. This flaw occurs when sk_msg_alloc fails to allocate full memory, leading to a partial allocation that is not properly released, resulting in a memory leak. The vulnerability is rated Medium with a CVSS score of 5.5 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H), indicating it requires local access and can lead to high availability impact. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.20, < 5.4.189CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5, < 5.10.110CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 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
18.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0026 is in the 73rd 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 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-2022-49209Low

kernel: bpf, sockmap: Fix memleak in tcp_bpf_sendmsg while sk msg is full

Feb 26, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/6d03722c34d9603df325f67c6d30dc1b7b3c6067
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/9c34e38c4a870eb30b13f42f5b44f42e9d19ccb8
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/bec34a91eba3483e1830c02bdd36f8f968642047
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/d0b85dfc6f01d26808e2576c6537c131b590e270
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/de3a8d8fab0710186f7864ec812836d8d70da3c9
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/f677328f05f52d535cbdc15cb04476db49477eb4
Patch