CVE-2022-49199: RDMA/nldev: Prevent underflow in nldev_stat_set_counter_dynamic_doit()
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.26% (FIRST EPSS).
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: Linux Linux 2a495ef04d5f42e6f00eb2bec1ee9075e3d5a771, 87e0eacb176f9500c2063d140c0a1d7fa51ab8a5, f6dd8669b8299a3a536cd92a7069152a7704da1d.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 2a495ef04d5f42e6f00eb2bec1ee9075e3d5a771, 87e0eacb176f9500c2063d140c0a1d7fa51ab8a5, f6dd8669b8299a3a536cd92a7069152a7704da1d or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/nldev: Prevent underflow in nldev_stat_set_counter_dynamic_doit() This code checks "index" for an upper bound but it does not check for negatives. Change the type to unsigned to prevent underflows.
- Published
- Feb 26, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 18th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-191
Report tools
Action score
22
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux kernel | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 5.16.19
- linux linux kernel5.17 and later · before 5.17.2
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Linux Linux
- 5.16affected
- 3c3c1f1416392382faa0238e76a70d7810aab2ef and later · before f6dd8669b8299a3a536cd92a7069152a7704da1daffected · git
- 3c3c1f1416392382faa0238e76a70d7810aab2ef and later · before 2a495ef04d5f42e6f00eb2bec1ee9075e3d5a771affected · git
- 3c3c1f1416392382faa0238e76a70d7810aab2ef and later · before 87e0eacb176f9500c2063d140c0a1d7fa51ab8a5affected · git
- before 5.16not affected · semver
- 5.16.19 and later · up to and including 5.16.*not affected · semver
- 5.17.2 and later · up to and including 5.17.*not affected · semver
- 5.18 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | before 5.17.3-1 | 5.17.3-1 |
Same product
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Published before and after this one in the same product
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 2a495ef04d5f42e6f00eb2bec1ee9075e3d5a771 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 87e0eacb176f9500c2063d140c0a1d7fa51ab8a5 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | f6dd8669b8299a3a536cd92a7069152a7704da1d | Vendor (CNA) |
| debian:linux | 5.17.3-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
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- CVE-2024-46759161 days aparthwmon: (adc128d818) Fix underflows seen when writing limit attributes31Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-191 · Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound)CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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