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CVE-2022-48857

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-48857 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's NFC port100 driver, specifically within the port100_send_complete function. This flaw arises from missing usb_kill_urb() calls during error handling in the probe function, leading to the driver accessing memory that has already been freed. The vulnerability affects Linux kernel versions and has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low attack complexity, requiring low privileges, and resulting in high availability impact (system crash). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.13, < 4.9.307CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.10, < 4.14.272CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.15, < 4.19.235CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.20, < 5.4.185CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5, < 5.10.106CPE 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
0.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
10.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0021 is in the 50th 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-2022-48857Moderate

kernel: NFC: port100: fix use-after-free in port100_send_complete

Jul 16, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/0e721b8f2ee5e11376dd55363f9ccb539d754b8a
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/205c4ec78e71cbf561794e6043da80e7bae6790f
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/2b1c85f56512d49e43bc53741fce2f508cd90029
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/32e866ae5a7af590597ef4bcff8451bf96d5f980
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/7194737e1be8fdc89d2a9382bd2f371f7ee2eda8
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/b1db33d4e54bc35d8db96ce143ea0ef92e23d58e
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/cd2a5c0da0d1ddf11d1f84e9c9b1949f50f6e161
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/f80cfe2f26581f188429c12bd937eb905ad3ac7b
Patch