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CVE-2022-48955

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-48955 is a memory leak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Thunderbolt network driver (tbnet_open function). This flaw occurs when memory allocation fails, leading to an unreleased IDA resource. Rated Medium (CVSS 5.5), an attacker with local access could exploit this with low complexity to cause a denial of service. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.13, < 5.15.83CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 6.0.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1: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
0.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
14.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0023 is in the 63rd 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-2022-48955Moderate

kernel: net: thunderbolt: fix memory leak in tbnet_open()

Oct 21, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/b9274dbe399952a8175db2e1ee148b7c9ba2b538
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/ed14e5903638f6eb868e3e2b4e610985e6a6c876
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/ed6e955f3b7e0e622c080f4bcb5427a5e1af4c2a
Patch