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CVE-2022-49765

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-49765 addresses a race condition in the Linux kernel's 9P network filesystem (net/9p) module, specifically related to inconsistent lock usage. This vulnerability affects the Linux kernel. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM), it has a local attack vector, low attack complexity, and can lead to high availability impact (denial of service). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.15.80CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 6.0.10CPE 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
0.13%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
3.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0013 is in the 20th 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-2022-49765Moderate

kernel: net/9p: use a dedicated spinlock for trans_fd

May 1, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/296ab4a813841ba1d5f40b03190fd1bd8f25aab0
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/43bbadb7e4636dc02f6a283c2a39e6438e6173cd
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/717b9b4f38703d7f5293059e3a242d16f76fa045
Patch