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CVE-2022-48669

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-48669 is a memory leak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's powerpc/pseries component. Specifically, it involves a failure to free the original memory buffer when a krealloc() call fails within the papr_get_attr() function. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited locally with low attack complexity to cause a high impact on availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.18, < 6.1.83CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.2, < 6.6.23CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.7, < 6.7.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.8, < 6.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
19.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0027 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (11)

microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 16989-17084Fixed in: 6.6.35.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: 17785-17084Fixed in: 6.6.35.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 x64Fixed in: 6.6.35.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: Azure Linux 3.0 ARMFixed in: 6.6.35.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 hyperv-daemons 6.6.35.1-1 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 6.6.35.1-1
microsoftpatch availablevia msrc
Product: azl3 hyperv-daemons 6.6.22.1-2 on Azure Linux 3.0Fixed in: 6.6.35.1-1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-553.5.1.el8_10
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-503.11.1.el9_5
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.4 Extended Update SupportFixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-427.81.1.el9_4
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (3)

microsoft2024-Oct/CVE-2022-48669

CVE-2022-48669

Oct 8, 2024
microsoft2024-May/CVE-2022-48669Moderate

powerpc/pseries: Fix potential memleak in papr_get_attr()

May 14, 2024
redhatCVE-2022-48669Low

kernel: powerpc/pseries: Fix potential memleak in papr_get_attr()

May 1, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/1699fb915b9f61794d559b55114c09a390aaf234
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/7f7d39fe3d80d6143404940b2413010cf6527029
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/a3f22feb2220a945d1c3282e34199e8bcdc5afc4
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/cda9c0d556283e2d4adaa9960b2dc19b16156bae
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/d0647c3e81eff62b66d46fd4e475318cb8cb3610
Patch