CVE-2022-49869 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's bnxt_en network driver, affecting Linux kernel versions. This flaw can lead to a system crash during error recovery when reconfiguring coalescing settings, as datastructures may be freed prematurely. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), it requires local access and low privileges (AV:L/PR:L) to exploit, resulting in a high impact on availability (A:H) but no impact on confidentiality or integrity. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.4, < 5.4.225CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.5, < 5.10.155CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.11, < 5.15.79CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 5.16, < 6.0.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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