What is CVE-2022-48693?

CVE-2022-48693 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, classified as a Memory Leak flaw (CWE-401). CVE-2022-48693 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-48693?

CVE-2022-48693 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-48693?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2022-48693. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2022-48693 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-48693 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Memory Leak (CWE-401)?

The product does not release memory after use, causing gradual resource exhaustion. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/401.html

CVE-2022-48693

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: soc: brcmstb: pm-arm: Fix refcount leak and __iomem leak bugs In brcmstb_pm_probe(), there are two kinds of leak bugs: (1) we need to add of_node_put() when for_each__matching_node() breaks (2) we need to add iounmap() for each iomap in fail path

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-05-03

Last modified 2024-11-21

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Awaiting data

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness type

CWE-401

CVE-2022-48693 is a Memory Leak vulnerability

What is Memory Leak?

The product does not release memory after use, causing gradual resource exhaustion. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-48693 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0284b4e6dec6088a41607aa3f42bf51edff01883
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1085f5080647f0c9f357c270a537869191f7f2a1
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43245c77d9efd8c9eb91bf225d07954dcf32204d
Patch

6 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-48693

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-05-03

Modified 2024-11-21

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-48693?

CVE-2022-48693 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 , classified as a Memory Leak flaw (CWE-401) . CVE-2022-48693 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-48693?

CVE-2022-48693 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-48693?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2022-48693. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2022-48693 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-48693 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
What is Memory Leak (CWE-401)?

The product does not release memory after use, causing gradual resource exhaustion. View CWE-401 on MITRE CWE →