What is CVE-2022-48730?

CVE-2022-48730 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.6 onward and patched in 5.10.99, 5.15.22, 5.16.8 and others. CVE-2022-48730 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-48730?

CVE-2022-48730 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:H/I:N/A:N.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-48730?

Yes, CVE-2022-48730 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.99, 5.15.22, 5.16.8 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.6 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2022-48730 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-48730 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2022-48730

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dma-buf: heaps: Fix potential spectre v1 gadget It appears like nr could be a Spectre v1 gadget as it's supplied by a user and used as an array index. Prevent the contents of kernel memory from being leaked to userspace via speculative execution by using array_index_nospec. [sumits: added fixes and cc: stable tags]

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-06-20

Last modified 2025-01-06

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

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Vector string

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

Weakness type

CWE-203

CVE-2022-48730 is classified as CWE-203

See CWE-203 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 5.6 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.10.99, 5.15.22, 5.16.8, 5.17 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.6

Fixed in

✓ 5.10.99 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.22 5.15.x ✓ 5.16.8 5.16.x ✓ 5.17

References

4 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24f8e12d965b24f8aea762589e0e9fe2025c005e

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d40f1bdad3dd1a177f21a90ad4353c1ed40ba3a

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92c4cfaee6872038563c5b6f2e8e613f9d84d47d

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc8f7940d9c2d45f67b3d1a2f2b7a829ca561bed

Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-48730

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-06-20

Modified 2025-01-06

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-48730?

CVE-2022-48730 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.6 onward and has been patched in 5.10.99, 5.15.22, 5.16.8 and others. CVE-2022-48730 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-48730?

CVE-2022-48730 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:H/I:N/A:N.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2022-48730?

Yes. CVE-2022-48730 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.99, 5.15.22, 5.16.8 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.6 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2022-48730 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2022-48730 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.