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CVE-2022-49253

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-49253 addresses a memory leak in the Linux kernel's go7007 s2250-board driver, specifically within the probe() function, affecting Linux kernel versions. Rated Medium with a CVSS score of 5.5, this vulnerability allows a local attacker with low privileges to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this flaw.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.10, < 4.9.311CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.10, < 4.14.276CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.15, < 4.19.238CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
19.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0027 is in the 74th 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-49253Moderate

kernel: media: usb: go7007: s2250-board: fix leak in probe()

Feb 26, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/14cd5a8e61c654828a1f1056d56f0b0a524d2c69
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/44973633b0064c46083833b55dd0a45e6235f8ca
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/67e4550ecd6164bfbdff54c169e5bbf9ccfaf14d
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/895364fa97e60749855f789bc4568883fc7a8b39
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/948ad5e5624487079c24cb5c81c74ddd02832440
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/a97130cd5b0c00eec169b10a16d922b9ea67324a
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/b5470f3efa530b10296257bb578ce4b1769e9a04
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/b7dd177225355da55f8d80d8e568928e0eec3608
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/bbdd0e15738336e6b1208304ae98525117877bbd
Patch