CVE-2022-49997: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: lantiq_xrx200: restore buffer if memory allocation failed In a situation where memory allocation fails, an invalid buffer address is stored. When this descriptor is used again, the system panics in the build_skb() function when accessing memory.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.4.128, before 5.5 (fixed in 5.5); from 5.10.46, before 5.11 (fixed in 5.11); from 5.12.13, before 5.13 (fixed in 5.13); from 5.13.1, before 5.19.6 (fixed in 5.19.6); version 5.13 only; version 6.0 only

Published 2025-06-18. Last modified 2026-08-04.