# CVE-2022-49906: ibmvnic: Free rwi on reset success

> A memory leak in the ibmvnic driver allows attackers to cause denial of service by exhausting kernel memory through repeated reset operations.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 1 May 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49906, GHSA-4pmq-325h-rx32, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49906

## What is CVE-2022-49906?

CVE-2022-49906 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 May 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:

ibmvnic: Free rwi on reset success

Free the rwi structure in the event that the last rwi in the list
processed successfully. The logic in commit 4f408e1fa6e1 ("ibmvnic:
retry reset if there are no other resets") introduces an issue that
results in a 32 byte memory leak whenever the last rwi in the list
gets processed.

Weakness: CWE-401 (Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49906?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-49906?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-49906 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49906 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-49906 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-49906 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 May 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49906 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49906/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49906/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49906
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49906
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49906

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49906/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.