What is CVE-2022-49173?

CVE-2022-49173 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-02-26.

How severe is CVE-2022-49173?

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

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2022-49173

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: fsi: Implement a timeout for polling status The data transfer routines must poll the status register to determine when more data can be shifted in or out. If the hardware gets into a bad state, these polling loops may never exit. Prevent this by returning an error if a timeout is exceeded.

EPSS: 0.003 (17.1th 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 bbb6b2f9865b3ed23eb457131b9ea541a3173a66, 5.7, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-49173?: CVE-2022-49173 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-02-26.
How severe is CVE-2022-49173?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.