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CVE-2022-49895

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-49895 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's CXL subsystem. This flaw occurs when a new CXL region is created and the intermediate port's decoders are exhausted, leading to a crash during cleanup. It affects the Linux kernel. Rated Medium severity with a CVSS score of 5.5, this vulnerability has a local attack vector, low attack complexity, and results in high availability impact (system crash) without affecting confidentiality or integrity. 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
>= 6.0, < 6.0.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
4.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0015 is in the 28th 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-2022-49895Moderate

kernel: cxl/region: Fix decoder allocation crash

May 1, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/71ee71d7adcba648077997a29a91158d20c40b09
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/c6813b5610ac53af73edd87a660d23a0511faa47
Patch