CVE-2022-49374: tipc: check attribute length for bearer name
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: 0.28% (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 292be63c382ce20673ee61dff1ee9ed4a3dcaae7, 3af15272cde28fe5c8489174b8624e232c1775ec, 7f36f798f89bf32c0164049cb0e3fd1af613d0bb.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 292be63c382ce20673ee61dff1ee9ed4a3dcaae7, 3af15272cde28fe5c8489174b8624e232c1775ec, 7f36f798f89bf32c0164049cb0e3fd1af613d0bb 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: tipc: check attribute length for bearer name syzbot reported uninit-value: ===================================================== BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in string_nocheck lib/vsprintf.c:644 [inline] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in string+0x4f9/0x6f0 lib/vsprintf.c:725 string_nocheck lib/vsprintf.c:644 [inline] string+0x4f9/0x6f0 lib/vsprintf.c:725 vsnprintf+0x2222/0x3650 lib/vsprintf.c:2806 vprintk_store+0x537/0x2150 kernel/printk/printk.c:2158 vprintk_emit+0x28b/0xab0 kernel/printk/printk.c:2256 vprintk_default+0x86/0xa0 kernel/printk/printk.c:2283 vprintk+0x15f/0x180 kernel/printk/printk_safe.c:50 _printk+0x18d/0x1cf kernel/printk/printk.c:2293 tipc_enable_bearer net/tipc/bearer.c:371 [inline] __tipc_nl_bearer_enable+0x2022/0x22a0 net/tipc/bearer.c:1033 tipc_nl_bearer_enable+0x6c/0xb0 net/tipc/bearer.c:1042 genl_family_rcv_msg_doit net/netlink/genetlink.c:731 [inline] - Do sanity check the attribute length for TIPC_NLA_BEARER_NAME. - Do not use 'illegal name' in printing message.
- Published
- Feb 26, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 20th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-908
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%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
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Noroxi analysis
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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 kernel4.17 and later · before 4.19.247
- linux linux kernel4.20 and later · before 5.4.198
- linux linux kernel5.5 and later · before 5.10.122
- linux linux kernel5.11 and later · before 5.15.47
- linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 5.17.15
- linux linux kernel5.18 and later · before 5.18.4
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
- 4.17affected
- cb30a63384bc91d5da06e1cede1115f666a29271 and later · before f07670871f4d19e613740eebe210e7e9ea535973affected · git
- cb30a63384bc91d5da06e1cede1115f666a29271 and later · before 8b91d0dfc839e67708c905648cd0e7507a2263e5affected · git
- cb30a63384bc91d5da06e1cede1115f666a29271 and later · before b8fac8e321044a9ac50f7185b4e9d91a7745e4b0affected · git
- cb30a63384bc91d5da06e1cede1115f666a29271 and later · before 92a930fcf4250fe961f6238b99af0bc405799f39affected · git
- cb30a63384bc91d5da06e1cede1115f666a29271 and later · before 292be63c382ce20673ee61dff1ee9ed4a3dcaae7affected · git
- cb30a63384bc91d5da06e1cede1115f666a29271 and later · before 3af15272cde28fe5c8489174b8624e232c1775ecaffected · git
- cb30a63384bc91d5da06e1cede1115f666a29271 and later · before 7f36f798f89bf32c0164049cb0e3fd1af613d0bbaffected · git
- before 4.17not affected · semver
- 4.19.247 and later · up to and including 4.19.*not affected · semver
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 5.18.5-1 | 5.18.5-1 |
Same product
linux: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2026-31431crypto: algif_aead - Revert to operating out-of-placeKEV90Now
- CVE-2022-0847A flaw was found in the way the "flags" member of the new pipe buffer structure was lacking proper initialization in copy_page_to_iter_pipe KEV89Now
- CVE-2021-22555Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACEKEV85Now
Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2022-49372Feb 26, 2025 · tcp: tcp_rtx_synack() can be called from process context22Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2022-49373Feb 26, 2025 · watchdog: ts4800_wdt: Fix refcount leak in ts4800_wdt_probe22Monitor
- Later →CVE-2022-49375Feb 26, 2025 · rtc: mt6397: check return value after calling platform_get_resource()22Monitor
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 | 292be63c382ce20673ee61dff1ee9ed4a3dcaae7 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 3af15272cde28fe5c8489174b8624e232c1775ec | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 7f36f798f89bf32c0164049cb0e3fd1af613d0bb | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 8b91d0dfc839e67708c905648cd0e7507a2263e5 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 92a930fcf4250fe961f6238b99af0bc405799f39 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | b8fac8e321044a9ac50f7185b4e9d91a7745e4b0 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | f07670871f4d19e613740eebe210e7e9ea535973 | Vendor (CNA) |
| debian:linux | 5.18.5-1 · 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.
No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).
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
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
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.
- CVE-2024-5030299 days apartHID: core: zero-initialize the report bufferKEV52Plan
- CVE-2026-52989483 days apartnvmet-tcp: propagate nvmet_tcp_build_pdu_iovec() errors to its callers39Monitor
- CVE-2024-47685128 days apartnetfilter: nf_reject_ipv6: fix nf_reject_ip6_tcphdr_put()36Monitor
- CVE-2026-53225484 days apartsctp: fix uninit-value in __sctp_rcv_asconf_lookup()36Monitor
- CVE-2026-53170484 days apartaccel/ethosu: reject DMA commands with uninitialized length35Monitor
- CVE-2026-43139434 days apartxfrm6: fix uninitialized saddr in xfrm6_get_saddr()34Monitor
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-908 · Use of Uninitialized ResourceCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3af15272cde28fe5c8489174b8624e232c1775ec
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f36f798f89bf32c0164049cb0e3fd1af613d0bb
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b91d0dfc839e67708c905648cd0e7507a2263e5
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/92a930fcf4250fe961f6238b99af0bc405799f39
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8fac8e321044a9ac50f7185b4e9d91a7745e4b0
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/f07670871f4d19e613740eebe210e7e9ea535973
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.