Is CVE-2022-49525 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-49525 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-49525?

CVE-2022-49525 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-49525?

CVE-2022-49525 has an EPSS score of 0.26% (17th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-49525?

Upgrade linux on debian 11 to 5.10.127-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-49525

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: cx25821: Fix the warning when removing the module When removing the module, we will get the following warning: [ 14.746697] remove_proc_entry: removing non-empty directory 'irq/21', leaking at least 'cx25821[1]' [ 14.747449] WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 368 at fs/proc/generic.c:717 remove_proc_entry+0x389/0x3f0 [ 14.751611] RIP: 0010:remove_proc_entry+0x389/0x3f0 [ 14.759589] Call Trace: [ 14.759792] <TASK> [ 14.759975] unregister_irq_proc+0x14c/0x170 [ 14.760340] irq_free_descs+0x94/0xe0 [ 14.760640] mp_unmap_irq+0xb6/0x100 [ 14.760937] acpi_unregister_gsi_ioapic+0x27/0x40 [ 14.761334] acpi_pci_irq_disable+0x1d3/0x320 [ 14.761688] pci_disable_device+0x1ad/0x380 [ 14.762027] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x2d/0x60 [ 14.762442] ? cx25821_shutdown+0x20/0x9f0 [cx25821] [ 14.762848] cx25821_finidev+0x48/0xc0 [cx25821] [ 14.763242] pci_device_remove+0x92/0x240 Fix this by freeing the irq before call pci_disable_device().

How to fix

Remediation Available

linuxDebian

Fixed in:5.10.127-1CVE-2022-49525

Fixed in:5.18.5-1CVE-2022-49525

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

0.26%probability of exploitation in 30 days

17thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 17% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch9

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