What is CVE-2022-49774?

CVE-2022-49774 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-05-01.

How severe is CVE-2022-49774?

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

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2022-49774

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86/xen: Fix eventfd error handling in kvm_xen_eventfd_assign() Should not call eventfd_ctx_put() in case of error. [Introduce new goto target instead. - Paolo]

EPSS: 0.001 (4.5th 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 2fd6df2f2b47d4301b1ee0fe9d627d1c061a5988, 5.19, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.1

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-49774?: CVE-2022-49774 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-05-01.
How severe is CVE-2022-49774?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.