CVE-2022-49670 [Medium] | Security Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: linux/dim: Fix divide by 0 in RDMA DIM Fix a divide 0 error in rdma_dim_stats_compare() when prev->cpe_ratio == 0. CallTrace: Hardware name: H3C R4900 G3/RS33M2C9S, BIOS 2.00.37P21 03/12/2020 task: ffff880194b78000 task.stack: ffffc90006714000 RIP: 0010:backport_rdma_dim+0x10e/0x240 [mlx_compat] RSP: 0018:ffff880c10e83ec0 EFLAGS: 00010202 RAX: 0000000000002710 RBX: ffff88096cd7f780 RCX: 0000000000000064 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000002 RDI: 0000000000000001 RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 000000001d7c6c09 R13: ffff88096cd7f780 R14: ffff880b174fe800 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff880c10e80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00000000a0965b00 CR3: 000000000200a003 CR4: 00000000007606e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 PKRU: 55555554 Call Trace: <IRQ> ib_poll_handler+0x43/0x80 [ib_core] irq_poll_softirq+0xae/0x110 __do_softirq+0xd1/0x28c irq_exit+0xde/0xf0 do_IRQ+0x54/0xe0 common_interrupt+0x8f/0x8f </IRQ> ? cpuidle_enter_state+0xd9/0x2a0 ? cpuidle_enter_state+0xc7/0x2a0 ? do_idle+0x170/0x1d0 ? cpu_startup_entry+0x6f/0x80 ? start_secondary+0x1b9/0x210 ? secondary_startup_64+0xa5/0xb0 Code: 0f 87 e1 00 00 00 8b 4c 24 14 44 8b 43 14 89 c8 4d 63 c8 44 29 c0 99 31 d0 29 d0 31 d2 48 98 48 8d 04 80 48 8d 04 80 48 c1 e0 02 <49> f7 f1 48 83 f8 0a 0f 86 c1 00 00 00 44 39 c1 7f 10 48 89 df RIP: backport_rdma_dim+0x10e/0x240 [mlx_compat] RSP: ffff880c10e83ec0

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-04-06	0.03%	0.08%	+0.05%
2	2025-11-20	0.06%	0.03%	-0.02%
3	2025-11-18	—	0.06%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-04-06

0.03%

0.08%

+0.05%

2025-11-20

0.06%

0.03%

-0.02%

2025-11-18

—

0.06%

—

Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
5.5	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:N) Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	1.8	3.6	[email protected]
5.5	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:N) Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	1.8	3.6	134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

5.5

3.1

MEDIUM

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

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N): Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

1.8

3.6

[email protected]

5.5

3.1

MEDIUM

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

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N): Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

1.8

3.6

134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-49670

vendor	priority	summary	link
`debian`	not yet assigned	CVE-2022-49670 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-49670
`redhat`	medium	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-49670
`suse`	medium	—	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-49670/
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2022-49670 medium priority: Ubuntu including 158 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1551 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1145, ignored 146, released 135, not-affected 124, needs-triage 1.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-49670

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-49670

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.3, < 5.4.204	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.5, < 5.10.129	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.11, < 5.15.53	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.16, < 5.18.10	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	5.19	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc1::::::
linux	linux_kernel	5.19	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc2::::::
linux	linux_kernel	5.19	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc3::::::
linux	linux_kernel	5.19	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc4::::::

References for CVE-2022-49670

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b6e0eb5c45e79e9095de2498cc0ca5ec563fc5e	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0fe3dbbefb74a8575f61d7801b08dbc50523d60d	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5af106f8e072aebd88b95e164a08fa320651a99a	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c1963391af51ee322378d1b2849c60e9037f069	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fae2a9fb1eaf348ad8732f90d42ebbb971bd7e95	Patch

URL

CVE-2022-49670 | linux/dim: Fix divide by 0 in RDMA DIM

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-49670

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-49670

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-49670

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-49670

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-49670

References for CVE-2022-49670