What is the CVSS score of CVE-2022-49255?

CVE-2022-49255 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.0%.

Which versions of Linux Kernel are affected by CVE-2022-49255?

CVE-2022-49255 presents moderate security risk rated CVSS 5.5. Exploitation could compromise the security of affected deployments.. A patch is available.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2022-49255?

Within 30 days: Identify affected systems and apply vendor patches as part of regular patch cycle. Vendor patch is available.

Linux Kernel CVE-2022-49255

MEDIUM

2025-02-26 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Information Disclosure Linux Linux Kernel Red Hat Suse

5.5

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

5.5 MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

SUSE

MEDIUM

qualitative

Primary rating from NVD.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

Analysis Generated

Mar 28, 2026 - 18:28 vuln.today

Patch released

Mar 28, 2026 - 18:28 nvd

Patch available

CVE Published

Feb 26, 2025 - 07:01 nvd

MEDIUM 5.5

DescriptionCVE.org

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

f2fs: fix missing free nid in f2fs_handle_failed_inode

This patch fixes xfstests/generic/475 failure.

[ 293.680694] F2FS-fs (dm-1): May loss orphan inode, run fsck to fix. [ 293.685358] Buffer I/O error on dev dm-1, logical block 8388592, async page read [ 293.691527] Buffer I/O error on dev dm-1, logical block 8388592, async page read [ 293.691764] sh (7615): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.691819] sh (7616): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.694017] Buffer I/O error on dev dm-1, logical block 1, async page read [ 293.695659] sh (7618): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.696979] sh (7617): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.700290] sh (7623): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.708621] sh (7626): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.711386] sh (7628): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.711825] sh (7627): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.716738] sh (7630): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.719613] sh (7632): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.720971] sh (7633): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.727741] sh (7634): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.730783] sh (7636): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.732681] sh (7635): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.732988] sh (7637): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.738836] sh (7639): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.740568] sh (7641): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.743053] sh (7640): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.821889] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 293.824654] kernel BUG at fs/f2fs/node.c:3334! [ 293.826226] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI [ 293.828713] CPU: 0 PID: 7653 Comm: umount Tainted: G OE 5.17.0-rc1-custom #1 [ 293.830946] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014 [ 293.832526] RIP: 0010:f2fs_destroy_node_manager+0x33f/0x350 [f2fs] [ 293.833905] Code: e8 d6 3d f9 f9 48 8b 45 d0 65 48 2b 04 25 28 00 00 00 75 1a 48 81 c4 28 03 00 00 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 0f 0b [ 293.837783] RSP: 0018:ffffb04ec31e7a20 EFLAGS: 00010202 [ 293.839062] RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: ffff9df947db2eb8 RCX: 0000000080aa0072 [ 293.840666] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffe86c0432a140 RDI: ffffffffc0b72a21 [ 293.842261] RBP: ffffb04ec31e7d70 R08: ffff9df94ca85780 R09: 0000000080aa0072 [ 293.843909] R10: ffff9df94ca85700 R11: ffff9df94e1ccf58 R12: ffff9df947db2e00 [ 293.845594] R13: ffff9df947db2ed0 R14: ffff9df947db2eb8 R15: ffff9df947db2eb8 [ 293.847855] FS: 00007f5a97379800(0000) GS:ffff9dfa77c00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 293.850647] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 293.852940] CR2: 00007f5a97528730 CR3: 000000010bc76005 CR4: 0000000000370ef0 [ 293.854680] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 293.856423] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ 293.858380] Call Trace: [ 293.859302] <TASK> [ 293.860311] ? ttwu_do_wakeup+0x1c/0x170 [ 293.861800] ? ttwu_do_activate+0x6d/0xb0 [ 293.863057] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x29/0x40 [ 293.864411] ? try_to_wake_up+0x9d/0x5e0 [ 293.865618] ? debug_smp_processor_id+0x17/0x20 [ 293.866934] ? debug_smp_processor_id+0x17/0x20 [ 293.868223] ? free_unref_page+0xbf/0x120 [ 293.869470] ? __free_slab+0xcb/0x1c0 [ 293.870614] ? preempt_count_add+0x7a/0xc0 [ 293.871811] ? __slab_free+0xa0/0x2d0 [ 293.872918] ? __wake_up_common_lock+0x8a/0xc0 [ 293.874186] ? __slab_free+0xa0/0x2d0 [ 293.875305] ? free_inode_nonrcu+0x20/0x20 [ 293.876466] ? free_inode_nonrcu+0x20/0x20 [ 293.877650] ? debug_smp_processor_id+0x17/0x20 [ 293.878949] ? call_rcu+0x11a/0x240 [ 293.880060] ? f2fs_destroy_stats+0x59/0x60 [f2fs] [ 293.881437] ? kfree+0x1fe/0x230 [ 293.882674] f2fs_put_super+0x160/0x390 [f2fs] [ 293.883978] generic_shutdown_super+0x7a/0x120 [ 293.885274] kill_block_super+0x27/0x50 [ 293.886496] kill_f2fs_super+0x7f/0x100 [f2fs] [ 293.887806] deactivate_locked_super+0x35/0xa0 [ 293.889271] deactivate_super+0x40/0x50 [ 293.890513] cleanup_mnt+0x139/0x190 [ 293.891689] __cleanup_mnt+0x12/0x20 [ 293.892850] task_work_run+0x64/0xa0 [ 293.894035] exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x1b7/ ---truncated---

AnalysisAI

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix missing free nid in f2fs_handle_failed_inode This patch fixes xfstests/generic/475 failure. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Technical ContextAI

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: f2fs: fix missing free nid in f2fs_handle_failed_inode This patch fixes xfstests/generic/475 failure. [ 293.680694] F2FS-fs (dm-1): May loss orphan inode, run fsck to fix. [ 293.685358] Buffer I/O error on dev dm-1, logical block 8388592, async page read [ 293.691527] Buffer I/O error on dev dm-1, logical block 8388592, async page read [ 293.691764] sh (7615): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.691819] sh (7616): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.694017] Buffer I/O error on dev dm-1, logical block 1, async page read [ 293.695659] sh (7618): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.696979] sh (7617): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.700290] sh (7623): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.708621] sh (7626): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.711386] sh (7628): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.711825] sh (7627): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.716738] sh (7630): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.719613] sh (7632): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.720971] sh (7633): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.727741] sh (7634): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.730783] sh (7636): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.732681] sh (7635): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.732988] sh (7637): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.738836] sh (7639): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.740568] sh (7641): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.743053] sh (7640): drop_caches: 3 [ 293.821889] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 293.824654] kernel BUG at fs/f2fs/node.c:3334! [ 293.826226] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI [ 293.828713] CPU: 0 PID: 7653 Comm: umount Tainted: G OE 5.17.0-rc1-custom #1 [ 293.830946] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014 [ 293.832526] RIP: 0010:f2fs_destroy_node_manager+0x33f/0x350 [f2fs] [ 293.833905] Code: e8 d6 3d f9 f9 48 8b 45 d0 65 48 2b 04 25 28 00 00 00 75 1a 48 81 c4 28 03 00 00 5b 41 5c 41 5d 41 5e 41 5f 5d c3 0f 0b [ 293.837783] RSP: 0018:ffffb04ec31e7a20 EFLAGS: 00010202 [ 293.839062] RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: ffff9df947db2eb8 RCX: 0000000080aa0072 [ 293.840666] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffffe86c0432a140 RDI: ffffffffc0b72a21 [ 293.842261] RBP: ffffb04ec31e7d70 R08: ffff9df94ca85780 R09: 0000000080aa0072 [ 293.843909] R10: ffff9df94ca85700 R11: ffff9df94e1ccf58 R12: ffff9df947db2e00 [ 293.845594] R13: ffff9df947db2ed0 R14: ffff9df947db2eb8 R15: ffff9df947db2eb8 [ 293.847855] FS: 00007f5a97379800(0000) GS:ffff9dfa77c00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 293.850647] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 293.852940] CR2: 00007f5a97528730 CR3: 000000010bc76005 CR4: 0000000000370ef0 [ 293.854680] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 293.856423] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ 293.858380] Call Trace: [ 293.859302] <TASK> [ 293.860311] ? ttwu_do_wakeup+0x1c/0x170 [ 293.861800] ? ttwu_do_activate+0x6d/0xb0 [ 293.863057] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x29/0x40 [ 293.864411] ? try_to_wake_up+0x9d/0x5e0 [ 293.865618] ? debug_smp_processor_id+0x17/0x20 [ 293.866934] ? debug_smp_processor_id+0x17/0x20 [ 293.868223] ? free_unref_page+0xbf/0x120 [ 293.869470] ? __free_slab+0xcb/0x1c0 [ 293.870614] ? preempt_count_add+0x7a/0xc0 [ 293.871811] ? __slab_free+0xa0/0x2d0 [ 293.872918] ? __wake_up_common_lock+0x8a/0xc0 [ 293.874186] ? __slab_free+0xa0/0x2d0 [ 293.875305] ? free_inode_nonrcu+0x20/0x20 [ 293.876466] ? free_inode_nonrcu+0x20/0x20 [ 293.877650] ? debug_smp_processor_id+0x17/0x20 [ 293.878949] ? call_rcu+0x11a/0x240 [ 293.880060] ? f2fs_destroy_stats+0x59/0x60 [f2fs] [ 293.881437] ? kfree+0x1fe/0x230 [ 293.882674] f2fs_put_super+0x160/0x390 [f2fs] [ 293.883978] generic_shutdown_super+0x7a/0x120 [ 293.885274] kill_block_super+0x27/0x50 [ 293.886496] kill_f2fs_super+0x7f/0x100 [f2fs] [ 293.887806] deactivate_locked_super+0x35/0xa0 [ 293.889271] deactivate_super+0x40/0x50 [ 293.890513] cleanup_mnt+0x139/0x190 [ 293.891689] __cleanup_mnt+0x12/0x20 [ 293.892850] task_work_run+0x64/0xa0 [ 293.894035] exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x1b7/ ---truncated--- Affected products include: Linux Linux Kernel.

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Medium

Product	Status
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2	Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2	Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2	Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2	Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.3	Fixed

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