What is CVE-2022-49028?

CVE-2022-49028 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Incomplete Cleanup. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-10-21.

How severe is CVE-2022-49028?

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

Is CVE-2022-49028 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2022-49028

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ixgbevf: Fix resource leak in ixgbevf_init_module() ixgbevf_init_module() won't destroy the workqueue created by create_singlethread_workqueue() when pci_register_driver() failed. Add destroy_workqueue() in fail path to prevent the resource leak. Similar to the handling of u132_hcd_init in commit f276e002793c ("usb: u132-hcd: fix resource leak")

EPSS: 0.002 (15.9th 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 40a13e2493c9882cb4d09054d81a5063cd1589a2, 4.5, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-459 — Incomplete Cleanup

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cve-scores

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-2022-49028?: CVE-2022-49028 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Incomplete Cleanup. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-10-21.
How severe is CVE-2022-49028?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-49028 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.