Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-49525

medium Nessus Plugin ID 226511

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: cx25821: Fix the warning when removing the module When removing the module, we will get the following warning: [ 14.746697] remove_proc_entry: removing non-empty directory 'irq/21', leaking at least 'cx25821[1]' [ 14.747449] WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 368 at fs/proc/generic.c:717 remove_proc_entry+0x389/0x3f0 [ 14.751611] RIP:
0010:remove_proc_entry+0x389/0x3f0 [ 14.759589] Call Trace: [ 14.759792] <TASK> [ 14.759975] unregister_irq_proc+0x14c/0x170 [ 14.760340] irq_free_descs+0x94/0xe0 [ 14.760640] mp_unmap_irq+0xb6/0x100 [ 14.760937] acpi_unregister_gsi_ioapic+0x27/0x40 [ 14.761334] acpi_pci_irq_disable+0x1d3/0x320 [ 14.761688] pci_disable_device+0x1ad/0x380 [ 14.762027] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x2d/0x60 [ 14.762442] ? cx25821_shutdown+0x20/0x9f0 [cx25821] [ 14.762848] cx25821_finidev+0x48/0xc0 [cx25821] [ 14.763242] pci_device_remove+0x92/0x240 Fix this by freeing the irq before call pci_disable_device().
(CVE-2022-49525)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 226511

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2022_49525.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 3/5/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-49525

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/26/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-49525

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