Is CVE-2022-49169 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-49169 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-49169?

CVE-2022-49169 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-49169?

CVE-2022-49169 has an EPSS score of 0.24% (16th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-49169?

Upgrade linux on debian 12 to 5.17.3-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-49169

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: use spin_lock to avoid hang [14696.634553] task:cat state:D stack: 0 pid:1613738 ppid:1613735 flags:0x00000004 [14696.638285] Call Trace: [14696.639038] <TASK> [14696.640032] __schedule+0x302/0x930 [14696.640969] schedule+0x58/0xd0 [14696.641799] schedule_preempt_disabled+0x18/0x30 [14696.642890] __mutex_lock.constprop.0+0x2fb/0x4f0 [14696.644035] ? mod_objcg_state+0x10c/0x310 [14696.645040] ? obj_cgroup_charge+0xe1/0x170 [14696.646067] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x13/0x20 [14696.647126] mutex_lock+0x34/0x40 [14696.648070] stat_show+0x25/0x17c0 [f2fs] [14696.649218] seq_read_iter+0x120/0x4b0 [14696.650289] ? aa_file_perm+0x12a/0x500 [14696.651357] ? lru_cache_add+0x1c/0x20 [14696.652470] seq_read+0xfd/0x140 [14696.653445] full_proxy_read+0x5c/0x80 [14696.654535] vfs_read+0xa0/0x1a0 [14696.655497] ksys_read+0x67/0xe0 [14696.656502] __x64_sys_read+0x1a/0x20 [14696.657580] do_syscall_64+0x3b/0xc0 [14696.658671] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae [14696.660068] RIP: 0033:0x7efe39df1cb2 [14696.661133] RSP: 002b:00007ffc8badd948 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000000 [14696.662958] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000020000 RCX: 00007efe39df1cb2 [14696.664757] RDX: 0000000000020000 RSI: 00007efe399df000 RDI: 0000000000000003 [14696.666542] RBP: 00007efe399df000 R08: 00007efe399de010 R09: 00007efe399de010 [14696.668363] R10: 0000000000000022 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000000 [14696.670155] R13: 0000000000000003 R14: 0000000000020000 R15: 0000000000020000 [14696.671965] </TASK> [14696.672826] task:umount state:D stack: 0 pid:1614985 ppid:1614984 flags:0x00004000 [14696.674930] Call Trace: [14696.675903] <TASK> [14696.676780] __schedule+0x302/0x930 [14696.677927] schedule+0x58/0xd0 [14696.679019] schedule_preempt_disabled+0x18/0x30 [14696.680412] __mutex_lock.constprop.0+0x2fb/0x4f0 [14696.681783] ? destroy_inode+0x65/0x80 [14696.683006] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x13/0x20 [14696.684305] mutex_lock+0x34/0x40 [14696.685442] f2fs_destroy_stats+0x1e/0x60 [f2fs] [14696.686803] f2fs_put_super+0x158/0x390 [f2fs] [14696.688238] generic_shutdown_super+0x7a/0x120 [14696.689621] kill_block_super+0x27/0x50 [14696.690894] kill_f2fs_super+0x7f/0x100 [f2fs] [14696.692311] deactivate_locked_super+0x35/0xa0 [14696.693698] deactivate_super+0x40/0x50 [14696.694985] cleanup_mnt+0x139/0x190 [14696.696209] __cleanup_mnt+0x12/0x20 [14696.697390] task_work_run+0x64/0xa0 [14696.698587] exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x1b7/0x1c0 [14696.700053] syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x27/0x50 [14696.701418] do_syscall_64+0x48/0xc0 [14696.702630] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae

How to fix

Remediation Available

linuxDebian

Fixed in:5.17.3-1CVE-2022-49169

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.24%probability of exploitation in 30 days

16thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 16% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch4

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