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CVE-2022-48880

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-48880 is a memory leak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's platform/surface aggregator component, specifically affecting the ssam_request_sync_init() function. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) could lead to a denial of service (availability impact) if an attacker with local user privileges successfully triggers the rare failure condition. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.12, < 5.15.89CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 6.1.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.2:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
15.1%
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 65th 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-2022-48880Moderate

kernel: platform/surface: aggregator: Add missing call to ssam_request_sync_free()

Aug 21, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/50b3cdf8239b11545f311c4f7b89e0092e4feedb
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/c965daac370f08a9b71d573a71d13cda76f2a884
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/d2dc110deabe7142b60ebeed689e67f92795ee24
Patch