{"cve":"CVE-2022-49444","nvd":{"published":"2025-02-26T07:01:20.820","modified":"2026-06-17T05:18:04.053","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmodule: fix [e_shstrndx].sh_size=0 OOB access\n\nIt is trivial to craft a module to trigger OOB access in this line:\n\n\tif (info->secstrings[strhdr->sh_size - 1] != '\\0') {\n\nBUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffc90000aa0fff\nPGD 100000067 P4D 100000067 PUD 100066067 PMD 10436f067 PTE 0\nOops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI\nCPU: 7 PID: 1215 Comm: insmod Not tainted 5.18.0-rc5-00007-g9bf578647087-dirty #10\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.14.0-4.fc34 04/01/2014\nRIP: 0010:load_module+0x19b/0x2391\n\n[rebased patch onto modules-next]","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","score":7.1},"cwes":["CWE-125"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09cb6663618a74fe5572a4931ecbf098832e79ec","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/391e982bfa632b8315235d8be9c0a81374c6a19c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45a76414b6d8b8b39c23fea53b9d20e831ae72a0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/921630e2e5124a04158129a8f22f4b425e61a858"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:59:48.811064707+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-49444","score":0.00288,"percentile":0.21364,"date":"2026-11-01"},"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."]}