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CVE-2022-48708

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-48708 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's pinctrl subsystem, specifically within the pcs_set_mux() function, affecting Linux kernel versions. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) can lead to a denial of service (availability impact) through a local, low-privilege attack with low complexity. 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
>= 4.11, < 4.14.306CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.15, < 4.19.273CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.20, < 5.4.232CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5, < 5.10.168CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 5.15.94CPE 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
0.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
15.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0024 is in the 66th 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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-48708Low

kernel: pinctrl: single: fix potential NULL dereference

May 21, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/1177bdafe87cbe543a2dc48a9bbac265aa5864db
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/2b763f7de108cb1a5ad5ed08e617d677341947cb
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/6e2a0521e4e84a2698f2da3950fb5c5496a4d208
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/71668706fbe7d20e6f172fa3287fa8aac1b56c26
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/bcc487001a15f71f103d102cba4ac8145d7a68f2
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/d2d73e6d4822140445ad4a7b1c6091e0f5fe703b
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/e671e63587c92b3fd767cf82e73129f6d5feeb33
Patch