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CVE-2022-48973

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-48973 is a medium-severity vulnerability in the Linux kernel's GPIO driver for AMD8111 chipsets, specifically a reference count leak in the pci_get_device() function. This flaw could lead to a denial-of-service (DoS) condition due to resource exhaustion. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM) with a local attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 3.6, < 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
14.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0024 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-2022-48973Moderate

kernel: gpio: amd8111: Fix PCI device reference count leak

Oct 21, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/4271515f189bd5fe2ec86b4089dab7cb804625d2
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/45fecdb9f658d9c82960c98240bc0770ade19aca
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/4749c5cc147c9860b96db1e71cc36d1de1bd3f59
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/48bd5d3801f6b67cc144449d434abbd5043a6d37
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/5ee6413d3dd972930af787b2c0c7aaeb379fa521
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/71d591ef873f9ebb86cd8d053b3caee785b2de6a
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/b2bc053ebbba57a06fa655db5ea796de2edce445
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/e364ce04d8f840478b09eee57b614de7cf1e743e
Patch