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CVE-2022-49502

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-49502 is a memory leak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's rga driver, affecting versions of the Linux kernel. This flaw occurs during the rga_probe function, where the rga->m2m_dev is not properly freed upon failure. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), it can lead to a denial of service (A:H) through local access (AV:L) with low privileges (PR:L) and low attack complexity (AC:L). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 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
17.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0026 is in the 71st 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-2022-49502Moderate

kernel: media: rga: fix possible memory leak in rga_probe

Feb 26, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/1cdc768468c25d6b10ab83ec1efd4a8554532d69
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/8ddc89437ccefa18279918c19a61fd81527f40b9
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/a71eb6025305192e646040cd76ccacb5bd48a1b5
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/b7bbca4d08471bc8404a946bab1aa017dd05199b
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/eeb4819e94aa69767b9e5591e70c63e8b7c5786a
Patch