What is CVE-2022-49545?

CVE-2022-49545 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-02-26.

How severe is CVE-2022-49545?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2022-49545

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: usb-audio: Cancel pending work at closing a MIDI substream At closing a USB MIDI output substream, there might be still a pending work, which would eventually access the rawmidi runtime object that is being released. For fixing the race, make sure to cancel the pending work at closing.

EPSS: 0.003 (18.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, 2.6.12, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-49545?: CVE-2022-49545 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-02-26.
How severe is CVE-2022-49545?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.