In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ieee802154/adf7242: defer destroy_workqueue call There is a possible race condition (use-after-free) like below (FREE) | (USE) adf7242_remove | adf7242_channel cancel_delayed_work_sync | destroy_workqueue (1) | adf7242_cmd_rx | mod_delayed_work (2) | The root cause for this race is that the upper layer (ieee802154) is unaware of this detaching event and the function adf7242_channel can be called without any checks. To fix this, we can add a flag write at the beginning of adf7242_remove and add flag check in adf7242_channel. Or we can just defer the destructive operation like other commit 3e0588c291d6 ("hamradio: defer ax25 kfree after unregister_netdev") which let the ieee802154_unregister_hw() to handle the synchronization. This patch takes the second option. runs")
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-49968 is rated Low Risk (20.6/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). 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 | 2025-06-18 | — | 0.02% | — |
Full EPSS history (1 record total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.7 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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1.0 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2022-49968 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-2022-49968 |
redhat
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— | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-49968 |
suse
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medium | — | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-49968/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2022-49968 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 147, released 135, not-affected 123, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-49968 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 4.17.19, < 4.18 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 4.18.1, < 4.19.258 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 4.20, < 5.4.213 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.5, < 5.10.142 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.11, < 5.15.66 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.16, < 5.19.8 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 4.18 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.18:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 4.18 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.18:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 4.18 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.18:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 4.18 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:4.18:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.0 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.0 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.0 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |