CVE-2022-49704: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: 9p: fix fid refcount leak in v9fs_vfs_get_link we check for protocol version later than required, after a fid has been obtained. Just move the version check earlier.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.11, before 5.15.51 (fixed in 5.15.51); from 5.16, before 5.18.8 (fixed in 5.18.8); version 5.19 only

Published 2025-02-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.