CVE-2022-49847 [Medium] | Security Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethernet: ti: am65-cpsw: Fix segmentation fault at module unload Move am65_cpsw_nuss_phylink_cleanup() call to after am65_cpsw_nuss_cleanup_ndev() so phylink is still valid to prevent the below Segmentation fault on module remove when first slave link is up. [ 31.652944] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 00040008000005f4 [ 31.684627] Mem abort info: [ 31.687446] ESR = 0x0000000096000004 [ 31.704614] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits [ 31.720663] SET = 0, FnV = 0 [ 31.723729] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 [ 31.740617] FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault [ 31.756624] Data abort info: [ 31.759508] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004 [ 31.776705] CM = 0, WnR = 0 [ 31.779695] [00040008000005f4] address between user and kernel address ranges [ 31.808644] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1] PREEMPT SMP [ 31.814928] Modules linked in: wlcore_sdio wl18xx wlcore mac80211 libarc4 cfg80211 rfkill crct10dif_ce phy_gmii_sel ti_am65_cpsw_nuss(-) sch_fq_codel ipv6 [ 31.828776] CPU: 0 PID: 1026 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 6.1.0-rc2-00012-gfabfcf7dafdb-dirty #160 [ 31.837547] Hardware name: Texas Instruments AM625 (DT) [ 31.842760] pstate: 40000005 (nZcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 31.849709] pc : phy_stop+0x18/0xf8 [ 31.853202] lr : phylink_stop+0x38/0xf8 [ 31.857031] sp : ffff80000a0839f0 [ 31.860335] x29: ffff80000a0839f0 x28: ffff000000de1c80 x27: 0000000000000000 [ 31.867462] x26: 0000000000000000 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffff80000a083b98 [ 31.874589] x23: 0000000000000800 x22: 0000000000000001 x21: ffff000001bfba90 [ 31.881715] x20: ffff0000015ee000 x19: 0004000800000200 x18: 0000000000000000 [ 31.888842] x17: ffff800076c45000 x16: ffff800008004000 x15: 000058e39660b106 [ 31.895969] x14: 0000000000000144 x13: 0000000000000144 x12: 0000000000000000 [ 31.903095] x11: 000000000000275f x10: 00000000000009e0 x9 : ffff80000a0837d0 [ 31.910222] x8 : ffff000000de26c0 x7 : ffff00007fbd6540 x6 : ffff00007fbd64c0 [ 31.917349] x5 : ffff00007fbd0b10 x4 : ffff00007fbd0b10 x3 : ffff00007fbd3920 [ 31.924476] x2 : d0a07fcff8b8d500 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 0004000800000200 [ 31.931603] Call trace: [ 31.934042] phy_stop+0x18/0xf8 [ 31.937177] phylink_stop+0x38/0xf8 [ 31.940657] am65_cpsw_nuss_ndo_slave_stop+0x28/0x1e0 [ti_am65_cpsw_nuss] [ 31.947452] __dev_close_many+0xa4/0x140 [ 31.951371] dev_close_many+0x84/0x128 [ 31.955115] unregister_netdevice_many+0x130/0x6d0 [ 31.959897] unregister_netdevice_queue+0x94/0xd8 [ 31.964591] unregister_netdev+0x24/0x38 [ 31.968504] am65_cpsw_nuss_cleanup_ndev.isra.0+0x48/0x70 [ti_am65_cpsw_nuss] [ 31.975637] am65_cpsw_nuss_remove+0x58/0xf8 [ti_am65_cpsw_nuss]

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-06-15	0.29%	0.14%	-0.15%
2	2026-06-09	0.07%	0.29%	+0.22%
3	2026-02-25	—	0.07%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-06-15

0.29%

0.14%

-0.15%

2026-06-09

0.07%

0.29%

+0.22%

2026-02-25

—

0.07%

—

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]

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]

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-49847

vendor	priority	summary	link
`debian`	unimportant	CVE-2022-49847 unimportant 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-2022-49847
`redhat`	medium	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-49847
`suse`	medium	CVE-2022-49847 severity moderate: SUSE including 26 source package names (cluster-md-kmp-default, dlm-kmp-default, …), 264 product×package rows across 51 product lines (SLES-LTSS-TERADATA 15 SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7, … (51 product lines)): Known Not Affected 264.	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-49847/
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2022-49847 medium priority: Ubuntu including 144 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1285 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 921, ignored 146, not-affected 140, released 78.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-49847

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-49847

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.18, < 6.0.9	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	6.1	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc1::::::
linux	linux_kernel	6.1	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc2::::::
linux	linux_kernel	6.1	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc3::::::
linux	linux_kernel	6.1	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc4::::::

References for CVE-2022-49847

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a0c016a4831ea29be09bbc8162d4a2a0690b4b8	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/442fd1bfe599bc54d118775e9e1a4fe913e4b369	Patch

URL

CVE-2022-49847 | net: ethernet: ti: am65-cpsw: Fix segmentation fault at module unload

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-49847

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-49847

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-49847

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-49847

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-49847

References for CVE-2022-49847