Buffer overflow in Linux
CVE-2022-49950
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc: fastrpc: fix memory corruption on open The probe session-duplication overflow check incremented the session count also when there were no more available sessions so that memory beyond the fixed-size slab-allocated session array could be corrupted in fastrpc_session_alloc() on open().
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
EPSS: 0.002 (10.9th 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 f6f9279f2bf0e37e2f1fb119d8832b8568536a04, 5.1, 0
- Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-49950?
- CVE-2022-49950 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2025-06-18.
- How severe is CVE-2022-49950?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-49950 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.