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CVE-2022-49802

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-49802 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ftrace module. This flaw occurs when kstrdup() fails during module allocation, leading to an invalid list_del() call and a kernel panic. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), it requires local access and low privileges, resulting in a high availability impact (system crash). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.13, < 4.14.300CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.15, < 4.19.267CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.20, < 5.4.225CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5, < 5.10.156CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 5.15.80CPE 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
0.20%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
9.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0020 is in the 47th 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 Patches (2)

redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-49802Moderate

kernel: ftrace: Fix null pointer dereference in ftrace_add_mod()

May 1, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/19ba6c8af9382c4c05dc6a0a79af3013b9a35cd0
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/1bea037a1abb23a6729bef36a2265a4565f5ea77
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/665b4c6648bf2b91f69b33817f4321cf4c3cafe9
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/6a14828caddad0d989495a72af678adf60992704
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/6e50eb4b1807017f6c2d5089064256ce2de8aef1
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/b5bfc61f541d3f092b13dedcfe000d86eb8e133c
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/f715f31559b82e3f75ce047fa476de63d8107584
Patch