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high 7.8

CVE-2022-49385 json

driver: base: fix UAF when driver_attach failed

published 2025-02-26 20 mo ago modified 2026-08-05 3 mo ago also EUVD-2022-54844

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 22%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

driver: base: fix UAF when driver_attach failed

When driver_attach(drv); failed, the driver_private will be freed. But it has been added to the bus, which caused a UAF.

To fix it, we need to delete it from the bus when failed.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 5.4.198, 5.10.122, 5.15.47, 5.17.15, 5.18.4, 5.19
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.18.5-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49385

  • linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-126.142
  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-48.54
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1085.92
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1020.24
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1089.97
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1018.24
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1016.19
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1033.37

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49385

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  • kernel-rt RHEL 9.0 E4S 5.14.0-70.144.1.rt21.216.el9_0
  • kernel-rt-kvm RHEL 9.0 E4S 5.14.0-70.144.1.rt21.216.el9_0
  • kernel-rt-core RHEL 9.0 E4S 5.14.0-70.144.1.rt21.216.el9_0
  • kernel-rt-modules RHEL 9.0 E4S 5.14.0-70.144.1.rt21.216.el9_0
  • kernel-rt-debug-kvm RHEL 9.0 E4S 5.14.0-70.144.1.rt21.216.el9_0
  • kernel-rt-debug-core RHEL 9.0 E4S 5.14.0-70.144.1.rt21.216.el9_0
  • kernel-rt-debug-modules RHEL 9.0 E4S 5.14.0-70.144.1.rt21.216.el9_0
  • kernel-rt-modules-extra RHEL 9.0 E4S 5.14.0-70.144.1.rt21.216.el9_0

red hat advisories RHSA-2025:14749RHSA-2025:14744

  • kernel-64kb SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS, Enterprise Storage 7.1 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1
  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS +1 more 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1
  • kernel-source SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS +1 more 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1
  • kernel-default SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.2 +5 more 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1
  • kernel-preempt SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS +1 more 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1
  • kernel-obs-build SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS +1 more 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1
  • kernel-default-base SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.2 +3 more 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1.150300.18.120.1
  • kernel-64kb SLES 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:01600-1SUSE-SU-2025:1263-1SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1SUSE-SU-2025:1194-1SUSE-SU-2025:1183-1SUSE-SU-2025:1176-1

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-2022-49385 updated cvss 6.0

kernel: driver: base: fix UAF when driver_attach failed

  • 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 Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream E4S (v.9.0) perf 5.14.0-70.144.1.el9_0, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-70.144.1.el9_0, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-70.144.1.el9_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-70.144.1.el9_0, kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched 5.14.0-70.144.1.el9_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-70.144.1.el9_0, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS E4S (v.9.0) kernel 5.14.0-70.144.1.el9_0, bpftool 5.14.0-70.144.1.el9_0, kernel-core 5.14.0-70.144.1.el9_0, kernel-tools 5.14.0-70.144.1.el9_0, python3-perf 5.14.0-70.144.1.el9_0, kernel-modules 5.14.0-70.144.1.el9_0, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:14744
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV E4S (v.9.0) kernel-rt 5.14.0-70.144.1.rt21.216.el9_0, kernel-rt-kvm 5.14.0-70.144.1.rt21.216.el9_0, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-70.144.1.rt21.216.el9_0, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-70.144.1.rt21.216.el9_0, kernel-rt-debug-kvm 5.14.0-70.144.1.rt21.216.el9_0, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-70.144.1.rt21.216.el9_0, +4 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time E4S (v.9.0) kernel-rt 5.14.0-70.144.1.rt21.216.el9_0, kernel-rt-core 5.14.0-70.144.1.rt21.216.el9_0, kernel-rt-modules 5.14.0-70.144.1.rt21.216.el9_0, kernel-rt-debug-core 5.14.0-70.144.1.rt21.216.el9_0, kernel-rt-debug-modules 5.14.0-70.144.1.rt21.216.el9_0, kernel-rt-modules-extra 5.14.0-70.144.1.rt21.216.el9_0, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2025:14749
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
20 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 22% 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
CISA ADP 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
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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