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CVE-2022-49702

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-49702 is a deadlock vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Btrfs filesystem, specifically affecting versions where a block group reclaim task is running during unmount operations. This can lead to a system hang. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring low privileges, and resulting in high availability impact (system crash). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.13, < 5.15.51CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 5.18.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.19CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
10.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0021 is in the 50th 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-2022-49702Moderate

kernel: btrfs: fix hang during unmount when block group reclaim task is running

Feb 26, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/31e70e527806c546a72262f2fc3d982ee23c42d3
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/341d33128a940c6634175dcb6ca92dc454cfa7d2
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/9fadb11f1295289e0da4d3342ecb6b92c1c99540
Patch