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CVE-2022-49482

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-49482 is a refcount leak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's mxs-saif audio driver, specifically affecting the 'of_parse_phandle()' function. This local vulnerability has a medium severity CVSS score of 5.5, indicating a low attack complexity and a potential for high impact on availability, though confidentiality and integrity are not affected. 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
>= 3.5, < 4.9.318CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.10, < 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
17.9%
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 15,938 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-2022-49482Moderate

kernel: ASoC: mxs-saif: Fix refcount leak in mxs_saif_probe

Feb 26, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/18b907ff0ae4bf20120aae1538f7156b9d08e3a7
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/24491124406666bf0dcb9ee10c5575c6ce6a1730
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/2a0da7641e1f17a744ac7b3f76471388c97b63dc
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/2be84f73785fa9ed6443e3c5b158730266f1c2ee
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/30d110ca703ce60162ec337aa564a3e4da30715f
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/4e2a1bcc51bdebed48176f6e88c150f175983f9c
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/c933829cbf3338b684869e6c4c8931abf5d68fbd
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/d42601e93fce7802bb8d70dd59b60cfeefa20469
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/d855505851ee8ba666eb204149b49f906130dc17
Patch