CVE-2022-49267

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-120 Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

Publication date:

26/02/2025

Last modified:

19/01/2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mmc: core: use sysfs_emit() instead of sprintf() sprintf() (still used in the MMC core for the sysfs output) is vulnerable to the buffer overflow. Use the new-fangled sysfs_emit() instead. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with the SVACE static analysis tool.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::		5.16.19 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.17 (including)	5.17.2 (excluding)

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2022-49267

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools