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CVE-2022-48958

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-48958 is a memory leak vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Aeroflex Ethernet driver (greth_init_rings function). This flaw occurs when a newly allocated skb (socket buffer) is not freed if a DMA mapping error occurs, potentially leading to resource exhaustion. Rated Medium (CVSS 5.5), it requires local access and low privileges to exploit, with a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 2.6.34, < 4.9.336CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.10, < 4.14.302CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.15, < 4.19.269CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 4.20, < 5.4.227CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.5, < 5.10.159CPE 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
0.24%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
14.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0024 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-2022-48958Moderate

kernel: ethernet: aeroflex: fix potential skb leak in greth_init_rings()

Oct 21, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/063a932b64db3317ec020c94466fe52923a15f60
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/223654e2e2c8d05347cd8e300f8d1ec6023103dd
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/87277bdf2c370ab2d07cfe77dfa9b37f82bbe1e5
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/99669d94ce145389f1d6f197e6e18ed50d43fb76
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/bfaa8f6c5b84b295dd73b0138b57c5555ca12b1c
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/c7adcbd0fd3fde1b19150c3e955fb4a30c5bd9b7
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/cb1e293f858e5e1152b8791047ed4bdaaf392189
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/dd62867a6383f78f75f07039394aac25924a3307
Patch