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CVE-2022-49709

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-49709 is a medium-severity vulnerability in the Linux kernel affecting the cfi (Control Flow Integrity) subsystem. It involves incorrect RCU (Read-Copy Update) usage during __cfi_slowpath_diag when interacting with cpuidle, leading to an invalid RCU state and a kernel warning. An attacker with local access could potentially trigger a denial of service. There is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.13, < 5.15.49CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 5.18.6CPE 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:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.25%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
16.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0025 is in the 70th 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-2022-49709

kernel: cfi: Fix __cfi_slowpath_diag RCU usage with cpuidle

Feb 26, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/57cd6d157eb479f0a8e820fd36b7240845c8a937
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/75f3a5fa2ad049c85ab5d5ee1ed9cfaa7e62c5ed
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/ca3897f2ac02ceae5e6fa794f83c36f9885b93da
Patch