What is CVE-2022-49704?

CVE-2022-49704 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-02-26.

How severe is CVE-2022-49704?

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

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2022-49704

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: 9p: fix fid refcount leak in v9fs_vfs_get_link we check for protocol version later than required, after a fid has been obtained. Just move the version check earlier.

EPSS: 0.003 (16.9th 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 6636b6dcc3db2258cd0585b8078c1c225c4b6dde, 5.11, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 5.19

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-2022-49704?: CVE-2022-49704 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-02-26.
How severe is CVE-2022-49704?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.