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CVE-2022-49463

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-49463 is a refcount leak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's imx_sc_thermal driver, affecting Linux kernel versions. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) has a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring local privileges and potentially leading to a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion, indicating a low immediate threat.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.7, < 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
18.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0026 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-2022-49463Moderate

kernel: thermal/drivers/imx_sc_thermal: Fix refcount leak in imx_sc_thermal_probe

Feb 26, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/09700c504d8e63faffd2a2235074e8c5d130cb8f
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/0ec10303c10833c1bcba7a1bde2f297e494d5464
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/3ade442ea5d3512a3c67984489ab4d8a6fb3b29f
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/8bbf522a2c51ef939d0e8835e236bfcd252193af
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/ec0925b731697db7cab5944a3e55d2d58bb3d075
Patch