CVE-2022-49025net/mlx5e: Fix use-after-free when reverting termination table
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 0.25%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 84% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/mlx5e: Fix use-after-free when reverting termination table When having multiple dests with termination tables and second one or afterwards fails the driver reverts usage of term tables but doesn't reset the assignment in attr->dests[num_vport_dests].termtbl which case a use-after-free when releasing the rule. Fix by resetting the assignment of termtbl to null.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 22 months later
· 22 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| LinuxCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.25% · top 84% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
- affected 10caabdaad5ace85577a453da97d1f8d3b944427 – < 0a2d73a77060c3cbdc6e801cd5d979d674cd404b
- affected 10caabdaad5ace85577a453da97d1f8d3b944427 – < 0d2f9d95d9fbe993f3c4bafb87d59897b0325aff
- affected 10caabdaad5ace85577a453da97d1f8d3b944427 – < 372eb550faa0757349040fd43f59483cbfdb2c0b
- affected 10caabdaad5ace85577a453da97d1f8d3b944427 – < e6d2d26a49c3a9cd46b232975e45236304810904
- affected 10caabdaad5ace85577a453da97d1f8d3b944427 – < 52c795af04441d76f565c4634f893e5b553df2ae
- affected 5.3
- unaffected < 5.3
- unaffected 5.4.226 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.158 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.82 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.0.12 – ≤ 6.0.*
- unaffected 6.1 – ≤ *
References
References5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a2d73a77060c3cbdc6e801cd5d979d674cd404b (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d2f9d95d9fbe993f3c4bafb87d59897b0325aff (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/372eb550faa0757349040fd43f59483cbfdb2c0b (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6d2d26a49c3a9cd46b232975e45236304810904 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52c795af04441d76f565c4634f893e5b553df2ae (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-53909 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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