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CVE-2022-49892

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-49892 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ftrace subsystem, specifically affecting dynamic ftrace_ops. This flaw occurs when unregistering a dynamic ftrace_ops, leading to a missing RCU synchronization that allows another CPU to access the freed memory. The vulnerability is rated High severity (CVSS 7.8) due to its potential for local privilege escalation, impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.1.45, < 4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.4.89, < 4.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.9.52, < 4.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.13.4, < 5.10.154CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 5.15.78CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
9.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0019 is in the 35th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 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-2022-49892Moderate

kernel: ftrace: Fix use-after-free for dynamic ftrace_ops

May 1, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/0e792b89e6800cd9cb4757a76a96f7ef3e8b6294
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/88561a66777e7a2fe06638c6dcb22a9fae0b6733
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/cc1b9961a0ceb70f6ca4e2f4b8bb71c87c7a495c
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/ea5f2fd4640ecbb9df969bf8bb27733ae2183169
Patch