In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix wrong reg type conversion in release_reference() Some helper functions will allocate memory. To avoid memory leaks, the verifier requires the eBPF program to release these memories by calling the corresponding helper functions. When a resource is released, all pointer registers corresponding to the resource should be invalidated. The verifier use release_references() to do this job, by apply __mark_reg_unknown() to each relevant register. It will give these registers the type of SCALAR_VALUE. A register that will contain a pointer value at runtime, but of type SCALAR_VALUE, which may allow the unprivileged user to get a kernel pointer by storing this register into a map. Using __mark_reg_not_init() while NOT allow_ptr_leaks can mitigate this problem.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-49873 is rated Low Risk (27.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.05%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-02-25 | 0.03% | 0.05% | +0.02% |
| 2 | 2025-09-27 | 0.05% | 0.03% | -0.02% |
| 3 | 2025-07-16 | — | 0.05% | — |
Full EPSS history (4 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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1.8 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
| 5.5 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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1.8 | 3.6 | 134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0 |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2022-49873 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-2022-49873 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-49873 |
suse
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medium | CVE-2022-49873 severity moderate: SUSE including 54 source package names (bpftool-7.2.0-362.8.1.el9_3, cluster-md-kmp-default, …), 208 product×package rows across 34 product lines (SUSE Liberty Linux 9, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7, … (34 product lines)): Known Not Affected 179, Fixed 29. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-49873/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2022-49873 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, not-affected 121, released 116, needed 22, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-49873 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 4.20, < 5.10.155 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.11, < 5.15.79 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.16, < 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:*:*:*:*:*:* |