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CVE-2022-48693

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-48693 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting the Linux kernel, specifically within the brcmstb_pm_probe() function. It involves a refcount leak and an __iomem leak, which could lead to resource exhaustion. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring low privileges, and potentially leading to high availability impact (denial of service). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 4.15, < 4.19.258CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.20, < 5.4.213CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5, < 5.10.143CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 5.15.68CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 5.19.9CPE 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
0.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
13.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0023 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-48693Moderate

kernel: soc: brcmstb: pm-arm: Fix refcount leak and __iomem leak bugs

May 3, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/0284b4e6dec6088a41607aa3f42bf51edff01883
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/1085f5080647f0c9f357c270a537869191f7f2a1
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/43245c77d9efd8c9eb91bf225d07954dcf32204d
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/57b2897ec3ffe4cbe018446be6d04432919dca6b
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/653500b400d5576940b7429690f7197199ddcc82
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/6dc0251638a4a1a998506dbd4627f8317e907558
Patch