What is CVE-2022-49012?

CVE-2022-49012 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Incomplete Cleanup. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-10-21.

How severe is CVE-2022-49012?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2022-49012

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: afs: Fix server->active leak in afs_put_server The atomic_read was accidentally replaced with atomic_inc_return, which prevents the server from getting cleaned up and causes rmmod to hang with a warning: Can't purge s=00000001

EPSS: 0.002 (10.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 2757a4dc184997c66ef1de32636f73b9f21aac14, 6.0, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-459 — Incomplete Cleanup

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-49012?: CVE-2022-49012 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Incomplete Cleanup. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-10-21.
How severe is CVE-2022-49012?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.