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CVE-2022-49459

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-49459 is a NULL dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Broadcom thermal driver, specifically affecting the sr_thermal_probe function. It carries a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity that could lead to a high impact on availability (system crash). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.1, < 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 5.17.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.18, < 5.18.3CPE 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-2022-49459Moderate

kernel: thermal/drivers/broadcom: Fix potential NULL dereference in sr_thermal_probe

Feb 26, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/61621e042c22b47d1eadee617bdd26835294b425
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/79098339ac2065f4b4352ef5921628970b6f47e6
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/b3461ccaa5d2588568d865faee285512ad448049
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/e20d136ec7d6f309989c447638365840d3424c8e
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/ee9b6b02e8c140323ed46d6602d805ea735c7719
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/ef1235c6514a58f274246cf4a2d5f4e40af539ce
Patch