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CVE-2022-48992

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-48992 is a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ASoC subsystem, specifically within the soc-pcm component, affecting Linux kernel versions. This flaw, discovered during fuzzing, has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium) and could lead to a denial of service (system crash) if exploited by a local, low-privileged attacker. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-0:4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-0:5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-48992Moderate

kernel: ASoC: soc-pcm: Add NULL check in BE reparenting

Oct 21, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/0760acc2e6598ad4f7bd3662db2d907ef0838139
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/34a9796bf0684bfd54e96a142560d560c21c983b
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/9f74b9aa8d58c18927bb9b65dd5ba70a5fd61615
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/d4dd21a79dbb862d2ebcf9ed90e646416009ff0d
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/db8f91d424fe0ea6db337aca8bc05908bbce1498
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/e7166d6821c15f3516bcac8ae3f155924da1908c
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/f2ba66d8738584d124aff4e760ed1337f5f6dfb6
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/f6f45e538328df9ce66aa61bafee1a5717c4b700
Patch