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CVE-2022-49774
KVM: x86/xen: Fix eventfd error handling in kvm_xen_eventfd_assign()
Medium5.5EPSS 0.17%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Linux
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86/xen: Fix eventfd error handling in kvm_xen_eventfd_assign() Should not call eventfd_ctx_put() in case of error. [Introduce new goto target instead. - Paolo]
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 15 days later
· 15 days later
Published
- 18 months later
· 18 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.17% · top 94% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
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