# nvdimm: Fix firmware activation deadlock scenarios

CVE record · `CVE-2022-49446`

- **Identifiers:** `CVE-2022-49446`
- **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, 02:12 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: `48001ea50d17f3eb06a552e9ecf21f7fc01b25da to before 641649f31e20df630310f5c22f26c071acc676d4` (git)
  - affected: `48001ea50d17f3eb06a552e9ecf21f7fc01b25da to before 2f97ebc58d5fc83ca1528cd553fa725472ab3ca8` (git)
  - affected: `48001ea50d17f3eb06a552e9ecf21f7fc01b25da to before ceb924ee16b2c8e48dcac3d9ad6be01c40b5a228` (git)
  - affected: `48001ea50d17f3eb06a552e9ecf21f7fc01b25da to before 2fd853fdb40afc052de338693df1372f2ead7be7` (git)
  - affected: `48001ea50d17f3eb06a552e9ecf21f7fc01b25da to before e6829d1bd3c4b58296ee9e412f7ed4d6cb390192` (git)
  - Other versions: unaffected
- Vendor: Linux. Product: Linux.
  - affected: `5.9`
  - unaffected: `before 5.9` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.10.121 to 5.10.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.15.46 to 5.15.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.17.14 to 5.17.*, inclusive` (semver)
  - unaffected: `5.18.3 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:** 0.0020, the 10th 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-2022-49446](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49446)
- [NVD: CVE-2022-49446](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49446)

### References from the CNA

- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/641649f31e20df630310f5c22f26c071acc676d4>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f97ebc58d5fc83ca1528cd553fa725472ab3ca8>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ceb924ee16b2c8e48dcac3d9ad6be01c40b5a228>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fd853fdb40afc052de338693df1372f2ead7be7>
- <https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6829d1bd3c4b58296ee9e412f7ed4d6cb390192>

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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