{"id":"CVE-2022-49047","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2022-49047","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:39:38.171Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ep93xx: clock: Fix UAF in ep93xx_clk_register_gate() arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/clock.c:154:2: warning: Use of memory after it is freed [clang-analyzer-unix.Malloc]…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nep93xx: clock: Fix UAF in ep93xx_clk_register_gate()\n\narch/arm/mach-ep93xx/clock.c:154:2: warning: Use of memory after it is freed [clang-analyzer-unix.Malloc]\narch/arm/mach-ep93xx/clock.c:151:2: note: Taking true branch\nif (IS_ERR(clk))\n^\narch/arm/mach-ep93xx/clock.c:152:3: note: Memory is released\nkfree(psc);\n^~~~~~~~~~\narch/arm/mach-ep93xx/clock.c:154:2: note: Use of memory after it is freed\nreturn &psc->hw;\n^ ~~~~~~~~","published":"2025-02-26T07:00:42.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T05:16:56.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-416"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00249,"percentile":0.16096,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.25%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f12166872da46c6b57ba2f1314bbf310b3bf017","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b68b08885217abd9c57ff9b3bb3eb173eee02a9","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49047","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}