What is CVE-2022-49887?

CVE-2022-49887 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-05-01.

How severe is CVE-2022-49887?

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

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2022-49887

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: meson: vdec: fix possible refcount leak in vdec_probe() v4l2_device_unregister need to be called to put the refcount got by v4l2_device_register when vdec_probe fails or vdec_remove is called.

EPSS: 0.002 (7.4th 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 3e7f51bd96077acad6acd7b45668f65b44233c4e, 5.3, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.1

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-2022-49887?: CVE-2022-49887 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-05-01.
How severe is CVE-2022-49887?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.