CVE-2022-49145 ACPI: CPPC: Avoid out of bounds access when parsing _CPC data

High 7.1 Published Updated

A local attacker can cause a denial of service by triggering an out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel's ACPI CPPC driver when parsing malformed _CPC data.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2022-49145?

CVE-2022-49145 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ACPI: CPPC: Avoid out of bounds access when parsing _CPC data

If the NumEntries field in the _CPC return package is less than 2, do not attempt to access the "Revision" element of that package, because it may not be present then.

BugLink: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20220322143534.GC32582@xsang-OptiPlex-9020/

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49145?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-49145?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2022-49145 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49145 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49145, GHSA-j4x2-v364-5ppc, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49145.

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