{"cve":"CVE-2022-49295","nvd":{"published":"2025-02-26T07:01:06.333","modified":"2026-08-04T10:17:43.723","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnbd: call genl_unregister_family() first in nbd_cleanup()\n\nOtherwise there may be race between module removal and the handling of\nnetlink command, which can lead to the oops as shown below:\n\n  BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000098\n  Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP PTI\n  CPU: 1 PID: 31299 Comm: nbd-client Tainted: G            E     5.14.0-rc4\n  Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996)\n  RIP: 0010:down_write+0x1a/0x50\n  Call Trace:\n   start_creating+0x89/0x130\n   debugfs_create_dir+0x1b/0x130\n   nbd_start_device+0x13d/0x390 [nbd]\n   nbd_genl_connect+0x42f/0x748 [nbd]\n   genl_family_rcv_msg_doit.isra.0+0xec/0x150\n   genl_rcv_msg+0xe5/0x1e0\n   netlink_rcv_skb+0x55/0x100\n   genl_rcv+0x29/0x40\n   netlink_unicast+0x1a8/0x250\n   netlink_sendmsg+0x21b/0x430\n   ____sys_sendmsg+0x2a4/0x2d0\n   ___sys_sendmsg+0x81/0xc0\n   __sys_sendmsg+0x62/0xb0\n   __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x1f/0x30\n   do_syscall_64+0x3b/0xc0\n   entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae\n  Modules linked in: nbd(E-)","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":4.7},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/013a79f1b5c89290e2e97f1ebf14b14e0cf5fe5c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/06c4da89c24e7023ea448cadf8e9daf06a0aae6e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1be608e1ee1f222464b2856bda9b85ab5184a33e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d5da1ffba3388c2ae2e6c598855a4d887d3bf79","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f505bbb8063fd3a238a4239d2d8c165e5279f6f"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:59:48.811064707+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-49295","score":0.00251,"percentile":0.16576,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}