What is CVE-2022-49027?

CVE-2022-49027 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-10-21.

How severe is CVE-2022-49027?

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

Is CVE-2022-49027 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2022-49027

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iavf: Fix error handling in iavf_init_module() The iavf_init_module() won't destroy workqueue when pci_register_driver() failed. Call destroy_workqueue() when pci_register_driver() failed to prevent the resource leak. Similar to the handling of u132_hcd_init in commit f276e002793c ("usb: u132-hcd: fix resource leak")

Published 2024-10-21 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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:H/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (14.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 15th percentile — 14.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Linux — versions 2803b16c10ea7eec170c485388f5f26ae30e92fe, 4.6, 0
Linux Kernel — versions 6.1

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-49027?: CVE-2022-49027 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-10-21.
How severe is CVE-2022-49027?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-49027 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.