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CVE-2022-48968

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-48968 is a memory leak vulnerability in the Linux kernel, specifically within the octeontx2-pf driver's otx2_init_tc() function, affecting Linux kernel versions. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), it has a local attack vector, low attack complexity, and could lead to a denial of service due to resource exhaustion. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.15, < 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-2022-48968Low

kernel: octeontx2-pf: Fix potential memory leak in otx2_init_tc()

Oct 21, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/db5ec358cf4ef0ab382ee733d05f018e8bef9462
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/eefd8953a74822cb72006632b9ee9dd95f92c146
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/fbf33f5ac76f2cdb47ad9763f620026d5cfa57ce
Patch