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CVE-2022-49396

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-49396 is a resource leak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Qualcomm QMP PHY driver, specifically affecting the handling of reset controllers during probe errors. This flaw, categorized as CWE-401, could lead to a denial of service (A:H) due to unreleased resources. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM), it requires local access (AV:L, PR:L) and low attack complexity (AC:L) to exploit, with no user interaction needed. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.12, < 4.14.283CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.15, < 4.19.247CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.20, < 5.4.198CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5, < 5.10.121CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 5.15.46CPE 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
18.1%
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 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 Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-49396Moderate

kernel: phy: qcom-qmp: fix reset-controller leak on probe errors

Feb 26, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/2156dc390402043ba5982489c6625adcb0b0975c
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/4d2900f20edfe541f75756a00deeb2ffe7c66bc1
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/7ac21b24af859c097eb4034e93430056068f8f31
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/8c03eb0c8982677b4e17174073a011788891304d
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/a39d9eccb333b8c07c43ebea1c6dfda122378a0f
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/b7b5fbcaac5355e2e695dc0c08a0fcf248250388
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/ba173a6f8d8dffed64bb13ab23081bdddfb464f0
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/feb05b10b3ed3ae21b851520a0d0b71685439517
Patch