Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-48723
Published: June 20, 2024 / Updated: May 13, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU92893
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-48723
CWE-ID: CWE-401
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to memory leak within the uniphier_spi_probe() function in drivers/spi/spi-uniphier.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-48723
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e895e067d73e154b1ebc84a124e00831e311d9b0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd00b4f8f768d81c3788a8ac88fdb3d745e55ea3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/447c3d4046d7b54052d07d8b27e15e6edea5662c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37c2c83ca4f1ef4b6908181ac98e18360af89b42
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.99
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.22
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.16.8
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.17