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CVE-2022-48735

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-48735 is a Use-After-Free (UAF) vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ALSA HD-audio subsystem, specifically affecting the handling of LED class devices. This flaw occurs because the device resource release happens before the associated devm call chain, leading to a NULL dereference or UAF. It is rated as High severity (CVSS 7.8), indicating that a local attacker with low privileges could achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.9, < 5.10.99CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 5.15.22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 5.16.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
14.4%
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 46th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-425.3.1.el8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-48735Moderate

kernel: ALSA: hda: Fix UAF of leds class devs at unbinding

Jun 20, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/0e629052f013eeb61494d4df2f1f647c2a9aef47
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/549f8ffc7b2f7561bea7f90930b6c5104318e87b
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/813e9f3e06d22e29872d4fd51b54992d89cf66c8
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/a7de1002135cf94367748ffc695a29812d7633b5
Patch