# driver core: fix deadlock in \_\_device_attach

CVE record · `CVE-2022-49371`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2022-49371`
- **State:** Confirmed
- **Severity:** CVSS 5.5 Medium
- **Critical:** No
- **CNA:** Linux
- **Weakness (CWE):** [CWE-667](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/667.html)
- **Tags:** [CWE-667](https://agentprime.io/advisories/tag/cwe-667.md)
- **Technologies:** [Linux kernel](https://agentprime.io/advisories/technology/linux-kernel.md)
- **Published:** 26 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Reviewed by a person:** No

Published by the CVE Program (CNA: Linux) at 26 Feb 2025, 02:11 UTC. agentprime has not analysed this yet, so whether it affects any app is not known. This CVE names a vendor and product rather than a package, so the lockfile check doesn’t match it.

## Affected products, as the CNA wrote them

- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `765230b5f084863183aa8adb3405ab3f32c0b16e to before 593b595332bd2d65e1a5c1ae7897996c157f5468` (git)
  - affected: `765230b5f084863183aa8adb3405ab3f32c0b16e to before 36ee9ffca8ef56c302f2855c4a5fccf61c0c1ada` (git)
  - affected: `765230b5f084863183aa8adb3405ab3f32c0b16e to before df6de52b80aa3b46f5ac804412355ffe2e1df93e` (git)
  - affected: `765230b5f084863183aa8adb3405ab3f32c0b16e to before d53a227bfcd5160ce1b61d9954901968a20651e7` (git)
  - affected: `765230b5f084863183aa8adb3405ab3f32c0b16e to before 34fdd9b7def9d2fcb71bb7b0bc4848dd7313767e` (git)
  - affected: `765230b5f084863183aa8adb3405ab3f32c0b16e to before b232b02bf3c205b13a26dcec08e53baddd8e59ed` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `4.2`
  - unaffected: `before 4.2` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.4.198 to 5.4.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.122 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.47 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.17.15 to 5.17.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.18.4 to 5.18.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.19 to *, inclusive` (original_commit_for_fix)
  - Other versions: affected

## Not analysed yet

We haven’t published our own analysis of this CVE. If a person reviews it, this page will say what’s affected and what has to be true for it to matter.

## Severity and exploitation

- 5.5 Medium, CVSS 3.1: `CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`, from ADP (CISA-ADP)

- **CISA KEV:** Not listed.
- **EPSS:** 0.0021, the 11th percentile, on 5 Nov 2026: FIRST’s estimate of the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

## Timeline

This record came from the full history of the CVE Program, published 26 Feb 2025. New records show when each source confirmed them.

## Sources

- [CVE List: CVE-2022-49371](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49371)
- [NVD: CVE-2022-49371](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49371)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/593b595332bd2d65e1a5c1ae7897996c157f5468>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36ee9ffca8ef56c302f2855c4a5fccf61c0c1ada>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df6de52b80aa3b46f5ac804412355ffe2e1df93e>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d53a227bfcd5160ce1b61d9954901968a20651e7>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34fdd9b7def9d2fcb71bb7b0bc4848dd7313767e>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b232b02bf3c205b13a26dcec08e53baddd8e59ed>

Facts on this page come from the CVE List as the CNA published them, with CVSS from the sources named above, CISA KEV and FIRST EPSS. Vendors, products and versions are shown as the CNA wrote them. We don’t reproduce the CVE’s description.

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