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CVE-2022-48910

19
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-48910 is a memory leak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's IPv6 networking stack, specifically affecting the handling of multicast groups. The flaw arises from repeated calls to ipv6_mc_down() without corresponding ipv6_mc_up() calls when an interface's IPv6 state toggles between enabled/disabled or up/down, leading to the accumulation of 'struct ifmcaddr6' objects. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring low privileges, and resulting in high availability impact due to resource exhaustion. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.18, < 4.9.313CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.10, < 4.14.278CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.15, < 5.4.193CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5, < 5.10.104CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 5.15.27CPE 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
11.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0021 is in the 52nd 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 Patches (2)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-48910Moderate

kernel: net: ipv6: ensure we call ipv6_mc_down() at most once

Aug 22, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/24888915364cfa410de62d8abb5df95c3b67455d
git.kernel.org / stable/c/72124e65a70b84e6303a5cd21b0ac1f27d7d61a4
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/9588ac2eddc2f223ebcebf6e9f5caed84d32922b
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/9995b408f17ff8c7f11bc725c8aa225ba3a63b1c
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/9a8736b2da28b24f01707f592ff059b9f90a058c
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/b11781515208dd31fbcd0b664078dce5dc44523f
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/c71bf3229f9e9dd60ba02f5a5be02066edf57012
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/f4c63b24dea9cc2043ff845dcca9aaf8109ea38a
Patch