What is CVE-2022-48803?

CVE-2022-48803 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, classified as a Out-of-bounds Read flaw (CWE-125). CVE-2022-48803 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-48803?

CVE-2022-48803 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-2022-48803?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2022-48803. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.

Is CVE-2022-48803 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-48803 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)?

The product reads data past the end or before the beginning of the intended buffer. See MITRE CWE for full details: https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/125.html

CVE-2022-48803

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: phy: ti: Fix missing sentinel for clk_div_table _get_table_maxdiv() tries to access "clk_div_table" array out of bound defined in phy-j721e-wiz.c. Add a sentinel entry to prevent the following global-out-of-bounds error reported by enabling KASAN. [ 9.552392] BUG: KASAN: global-out-of-bounds in _get_maxdiv+0xc0/0x148 [ 9.558948] Read of size 4 at addr ffff8000095b25a4 by task kworker/u4:1/38 [ 9.565926] [ 9.567441] CPU: 1 PID: 38 Comm: kworker/u4:1 Not tainted 5.16.0-116492-gdaadb3bd0e8d-dirty #360 [ 9.576242] Hardware name: Texas Instruments J721e EVM (DT) [ 9.581832] Workqueue: events_unbound deferred_probe_work_func [ 9.587708] Call trace: [ 9.590174] dump_backtrace+0x20c/0x218 [ 9.594038] show_stack+0x18/0x68 [ 9.597375] dump_stack_lvl+0x9c/0xd8 [ 9.601062] print_address_description.constprop.0+0x78/0x334 [ 9.606830] kasan_report+0x1f0/0x260 [ 9.610517] __asan_load4+0x9c/0xd8 [ 9.614030] _get_maxdiv+0xc0/0x148 [ 9.617540] divider_determine_rate+0x88/0x488 [ 9.622005] divider_round_rate_parent+0xc8/0x124 [ 9.626729] wiz_clk_div_round_rate+0x54/0x68 [ 9.631113] clk_core_determine_round_nolock+0x124/0x158 [ 9.636448] clk_core_round_rate_nolock+0x68/0x138 [ 9.641260] clk_core_set_rate_nolock+0x268/0x3a8 [ 9.645987] clk_set_rate+0x50/0xa8 [ 9.649499] cdns_sierra_phy_init+0x88/0x248 [ 9.653794] phy_init+0x98/0x108 [ 9.657046] cdns_pcie_enable_phy+0xa0/0x170 [ 9.661340] cdns_pcie_init_phy+0x250/0x2b0 [ 9.665546] j721e_pcie_probe+0x4b8/0x798 [ 9.669579] platform_probe+0x8c/0x108 [ 9.673350] really_probe+0x114/0x630 [ 9.677037] __driver_probe_device+0x18c/0x220 [ 9.681505] driver_probe_device+0xac/0x150 [ 9.685712] __device_attach_driver+0xec/0x170 [ 9.690178] bus_for_each_drv+0xf0/0x158 [ 9.694124] __device_attach+0x184/0x210 [ 9.698070] device_initial_probe+0x14/0x20 [ 9.702277] bus_probe_device+0xec/0x100 [ 9.706223] deferred_probe_work_func+0x124/0x180 [ 9.710951] process_one_work+0x4b0/0xbc0 [ 9.714983] worker_thread+0x74/0x5d0 [ 9.718668] kthread+0x214/0x230 [ 9.721919] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 [ 9.725520] [ 9.727032] The buggy address belongs to the variable: [ 9.732183] clk_div_table+0x24/0x440

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-07-16

Last modified 2025-09-24

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-125

CVE-2022-48803 is a Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability

What is Out-of-bounds Read?

The product reads data past the end or before the beginning of the intended buffer. Learn more on MITRE CWE

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2022-48803 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/3c75d1017cb362b6a4e0935746ef5da28250919f
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b0c9569135a37348c1267c81e8b0274b21a86ed
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d1e6bcb31663ee83aaea1f171f3dbfe95dd4a69
Patch

4 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-48803

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-07-16

Modified 2025-09-24

KEV No

Patch Awaiting data

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-48803?

CVE-2022-48803 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 , classified as an Out-of-bounds Read flaw (CWE-125) . CVE-2022-48803 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-48803?

CVE-2022-48803 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-2022-48803?

No patch is currently available for CVE-2022-48803. Monitor the NIST NVD and your Linux distribution's security advisories for updates.
Is CVE-2022-48803 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2022-48803 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.
What is Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)?

The product reads data past the end or before the beginning of the intended buffer. View CWE-125 on MITRE CWE →