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), affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.15 onward and patched in 4.19.258, 5.4.213, 5.10.143 and others. 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?

Yes, CVE-2022-48693 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.258, 5.4.213, 5.10.143 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.15 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

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

Yes

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

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 4.15 and later are affected. Fixed in 4.19.258, 5.4.213, 5.10.143, 5.15.68, 5.19.9, 6.0 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.15

Fixed in

✓ 4.19.258 4.19.x ✓ 5.4.213 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.143 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.68 5.15.x ✓ 5.19.9 5.19.x ✓ 6.0

References

6 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0284b4e6dec6088a41607aa3f42bf51edff01883

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1085f5080647f0c9f357c270a537869191f7f2a1

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/43245c77d9efd8c9eb91bf225d07954dcf32204d

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57b2897ec3ffe4cbe018446be6d04432919dca6b

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/653500b400d5576940b7429690f7197199ddcc82

Patch

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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

Yes

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) . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.15 onward and has been patched in 4.19.258, 5.4.213, 5.10.143 and others. 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?

Yes. CVE-2022-48693 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.19.258, 5.4.213, 5.10.143 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.15 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
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.