Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-48658

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU93199

Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-48658

Published: June 24, 2024 / Updated: May 13, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU93199
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-48658
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability exists due to resource management error within the stat(), flush_all_cpus_locked() and kmem_cache_init() functions in mm/slub.c. A local user can execute arbitrary code.


Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
SUSE Real Time Module
Legacy Module
Development Tools Module
Basesystem Module
Public Cloud Module
openSUSE Leap
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_13-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_62-default
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_62-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_52-rt
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_14-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_52-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel
kernel-rt-livepatch
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debugsource
kernel-rt-vdso
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt
cluster-md-kmp-rt
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo
kernel-source-rt
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-rt_debug
kernel-rt
kernel-rt_debug-vdso
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-rt-extra
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-optional
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-devel
ocfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-livepatch-devel
kernel-syms-rt
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-rt
kselftests-kmp-rt
ocfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-devel-azure
kernel-source-azure
kernel-azure-vdso
kernel-azure-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-azure
gfs2-kmp-azure
kernel-syms-azure
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-azure
kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-optional
kernel-azure-optional-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-extra
reiserfs-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-extra-debuginfo
kernel-azure-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-debugsource
kselftests-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-devel
dlm-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-livepatch-devel
dtb-marvell
dtb-xilinx
dtb-mediatek
dtb-amlogic
dtb-lg
dtb-hisilicon
dtb-altera
dtb-renesas
dtb-sprd
dtb-qcom
dtb-apm
dtb-amd
dtb-broadcom
dtb-cavium
dtb-arm
dtb-rockchip
dtb-nvidia
dtb-freescale
dtb-amazon
dtb-exynos
dtb-allwinner
kernel-obs-qa
dtb-socionext
dtb-apple
dtb-aarch64
kernel-syms
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-64kb
kernel-docs
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo
kernel-devel
kernel-macros
kernel-source-vanilla
kernel-docs-html
kernel-source
kernel-debug
kernel-debug-debugsource
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-debug-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-optional
kernel-debug-livepatch-devel
kernel-debug-vdso
kernel-64kb
cluster-md-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch
gfs2-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo
kernel-default-optional
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-obs-build
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-devel
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
kernel-kvmsmall-livepatch-devel
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-livepatch-devel
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kselftests-kmp-64kb
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel
dlm-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-extra
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-64kb
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-default-vdso
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall
kernel-default
kernel-default-devel
kernel-default-extra
kselftests-kmp-default
kernel-default-base-rebuild
kernel-default-base

How to mitigate CVE-2022-48658

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - addressed in versions 5.15.71, 5.19.12, 6.0
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_13-debugsource - update to 1-150500.11.3.2
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_62-default - update to 1-150500.11.3.2
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_62-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150500.11.3.2
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_52-rt - update to 1-150500.11.5.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_14-debugsource - update to 1-150500.11.5.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_52-rt-debuginfo - update to 1-150500.11.5.1
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
kernel-rt-livepatch - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
kernel-rt-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
kernel-source-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
kernel-devel-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
kernel-rt_debug - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
kernel-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
kernel-rt-extra - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
kernel-rt-optional - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
kernel-rt_debug-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
reiserfs-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
kselftests-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
ocfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
cluster-md-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
kernel-devel-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
kernel-source-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
kernel-azure-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
kernel-azure-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
kernel-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
gfs2-kmp-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
kernel-syms-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
ocfs2-kmp-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
reiserfs-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
kernel-azure-optional - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
kernel-azure-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
cluster-md-kmp-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
kernel-azure-extra - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
reiserfs-kmp-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
kernel-azure-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
kernel-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
gfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
dlm-kmp-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
kernel-azure-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
kselftests-kmp-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
kernel-azure-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
dlm-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
kernel-azure-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
dtb-marvell - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-xilinx - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-mediatek - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-amlogic - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-lg - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-hisilicon - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-altera - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-renesas - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-sprd - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-qcom - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-apm - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-amd - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-broadcom - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-cavium - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-arm - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-rockchip - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-nvidia - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-freescale - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-amazon - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-exynos - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-allwinner - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
kernel-obs-qa - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-socionext - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-apple - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-aarch64 - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
kernel-syms - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
ocfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-docs - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-macros - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-source-vanilla - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-docs-html - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-source - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-debug - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-debug-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-debug-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-debug-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-64kb-optional - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-debug-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-debug-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
cluster-md-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
dlm-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default-optional - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-obs-build - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-kvmsmall-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-kvmsmall-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-64kb-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
reiserfs-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kselftests-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
dlm-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-64kb-extra - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
gfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-kvmsmall - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default-extra - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kselftests-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default-base-rebuild - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2.150500.6.27.2
kernel-default-base - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2.150500.6.27.2

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