high 7.8

CVE-2022-49029 json

hwmon: (ibmpex) Fix possible UAF when ibmpex_register_bmc() fails

published 2024-10-21 2 y ago modified 2026-08-05 3 mo ago also EUVD-2022-53913

cvss: 7.8; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.2%; EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 15%
public exploits: 0; none known

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Smatch report warning as follows:

drivers/hwmon/ibmpex.c:509 ibmpex_register_bmc() warn: '&data->list' not removed from list

If ibmpex_find_sensors() fails in ibmpex_register_bmc(), data will be freed, but data->list will not be removed from driver_data.bmc_data, then list traversal may cause UAF.

Fix by removeing it from driver_data.bmc_data before free().

Patch / fix

fixed in 1 distros 4 links 8

Linux Linux 4.9.335, 4.14.301, 4.19.268, 5.4.226, 5.10.158, 5.15.82, 6.0.12, 6.1

debian ubuntu red hat suse

linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 6.0.12-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49029

linux Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-206.217
linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-144.161
linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-67.74
linux-aws Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1151.164
linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1097.105
linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1031.35
linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1101.110
linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1030.37

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49029

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kernel RHEL 9 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
rv RHEL 9 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
perf RHEL 9 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
rtla RHEL 9 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
libperf RHEL 9 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
kernel-rt RHEL 9 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
kernel-64k RHEL 9 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6
kernel-core RHEL 9 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6

red hat advisories RHSA-2025:6966

kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1
kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1
kernel-source SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP5, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1
kernel-default SLE Module for Legacy 15 SP5, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, SLE Micro 5.5 +2 more 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1
kernel-zfcpdump SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1
kernel-obs-build SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1
kernel-default-base SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, SLE Micro 5.5 5.14.21-150500.55.88.1.150500.6.39.4
kernel-rt SLE Micro 5.2, SLE Micro 5.1 5.3.18-150300.194.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:0034-1 SUSE-SU-2024:4364-1 SUSE-SU-2024:4317-1 SUSE-SU-2024:4313-1 SUSE-SU-2024:4131-1 SUSE-SU-2024:4100-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-49029 updated 2026-11-05 cvss 6.7

kernel: hwmon: (ibmpex) Fix possible UAF when ibmpex_register_bmc() fails

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more
affected: workaround, no fix planned “Out of support scope”
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more
affected: workaround, no fix planned “Will not fix”
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) rv 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, perf 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, rtla 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, python3-perf 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-64k-devel-matched 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, +7 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) kernel 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-64k 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-core 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-tools 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-modules 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-64k-core 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, +27 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) libperf 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-64k 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-64k-core 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, +14 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-kvm 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6, +6 more
fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:6966

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 2 y ago (2024-10-22)

Exploit prediction

0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	3.1	7.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness

CWE-416 Use After Free

Technology feeds

Linux kernel rss critical rss

References

Sources

CVE List CVE-2022-49029
NVD CVE-2022-49029

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Summary