What is CVE-2022-49635?

CVE-2022-49635 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-02-26.

How severe is CVE-2022-49635?

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

Buffer overflow in Linux

CVE-2022-49635

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915/selftests: fix subtraction overflow bug On some machines hole_end can be small enough to cause subtraction overflow. On the other side (addr + 2 * min_alignment) can overflow in case of mock tests. This patch should handle both cases. (cherry picked from commit ab3edc679c552a466e4bf0b11af3666008bd65a2)

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.003 (19.7th 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 e1c5f754067b594de58d387aa5873dec83b6c9fd, 4.12, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 5.19

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-49635?: CVE-2022-49635 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-02-26.
How severe is CVE-2022-49635?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.