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CVE-2022-48920

15
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-48920 addresses a non-critical warning in the Linux kernel's Btrfs filesystem when the "flushoncommit" mount option is used. This vulnerability causes frequent "WARN_ON" messages in system logs during transaction commits, which can be alarming to users but does not compromise filesystem reliability. Rated 5.5 MEDIUM, it has a local attack vector, low attack complexity, and primarily impacts system availability by generating excessive log entries. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this issue.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.15.27CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 5.16.13CPE 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:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17: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
0.16%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
6.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0016 is in the 35th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

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-2022-48920Moderate

kernel: btrfs: get rid of warning on transaction commit when using flushoncommit

Aug 22, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/850a77c999b81dd2724efd2684068d6f90db8c16
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/a0f0cf8341e34e5d2265bfd3a7ad68342da1e2aa
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/e4d044dbffcd570351f21c747fc77ff90aed7f2e
Patch