What is CVE-2022-48860?

CVE-2022-48860 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 2.6.34 onward and patched in 4.9.307, 4.14.272, 4.19.235 and others. CVE-2022-48860 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-48860?

CVE-2022-48860 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-2022-48860?

Yes, CVE-2022-48860 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.9.307, 4.14.272, 4.19.235 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 2.6.34 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2022-48860 actively exploited?

CVE-2022-48860 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-2022-48860

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ethernet: Fix error handling in xemaclite_of_probe This node pointer is returned by of_parse_phandle() with refcount incremented in this function. Calling of_node_put() to avoid the refcount leak. As the remove function do.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2024-07-16

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-2022-48860 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 2.6.34 and later are affected. Fixed in 4.9.307, 4.14.272, 4.19.235, 5.4.185, 5.10.106, 5.15.29, 5.16.15, 5.17 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 2.6.34

Fixed in

✓ 4.9.307 4.9.x ✓ 4.14.272 4.14.x ✓ 4.19.235 4.19.x ✓ 5.4.185 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.106 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.29 5.15.x ✓ 5.16.15 5.16.x ✓ 5.17

References

8 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1852854ee349881efb78ccdbbb237838975902e4

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e7c402892e189a7bc152b125e72261154aa585d

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/669172ce976608b25a2f76f3c65d47f042d125c9

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8609e29611befc4bfbe7a91bb50fc65ae72ff549

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ee065a7a9b6a3976c16340503677efc4d8351f6

Patch

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2022-48860

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2024-07-16

Modified 2024-11-21

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-48860?

CVE-2022-48860 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 2.6.34 onward and has been patched in 4.9.307, 4.14.272, 4.19.235 and others. CVE-2022-48860 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2022-48860?

CVE-2022-48860 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-2022-48860?

Yes. CVE-2022-48860 has been patched. Fixed versions include 4.9.307, 4.14.272, 4.19.235 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 2.6.34 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2022-48860 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2022-48860 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.