Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-48641

 

Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-48641

Published: May 30, 2024 / Updated: May 14, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU89995
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-48641
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the do_replace_finish() function in net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
openEuler
kernel
kernel-tools-debuginfo
python3-perf-debuginfo
kernel-tools-devel
perf
kernel-headers
kernel-debuginfo
kernel-devel
python3-perf
kernel-source
perf-debuginfo
kernel-debugsource
kernel-tools

How to mitigate CVE-2022-48641

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - addressed in versions 4.14.295, 4.19.260, 5.4.215, 5.10.146, 5.15.71, 5.19.12, 6.0
kernel - update to 5.10.0-136.77.0.157
kernel-tools-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-136.77.0.157
python3-perf-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-136.77.0.157
kernel-tools-devel - update to 5.10.0-136.77.0.157
perf - update to 5.10.0-136.77.0.157
kernel-headers - update to 5.10.0-136.77.0.157
kernel-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-136.77.0.157
kernel-devel - update to 5.10.0-136.77.0.157
python3-perf - update to 5.10.0-136.77.0.157
kernel-source - update to 5.10.0-136.77.0.157
perf-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-136.77.0.157
kernel-debugsource - update to 5.10.0-136.77.0.157
kernel-tools - update to 5.10.0-136.77.0.157

External References

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