CVE-2022-48890 is a memory leak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's scsi: storvsc driver, affecting both confidential and non-confidential virtual machines. Under high I/O loads, failed I/O submissions can lead to unfreed swiotlb bounce buffers, eventually causing a denial of service as the VM runs out of memory for I/O operations. Rated Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this local vulnerability requires low privileges and has a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.17, < 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 version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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