Buffer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-48659

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Buffer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-48659

Published: June 26, 2024 / Updated: May 13, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU93399
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-2022-48659
CWE-ID: CWE-119
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 corruption within the create_unique_id() and sysfs_slab_add() functions in mm/slub.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
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 Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - TUS
Ubuntu
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
Legacy Module
Development Tools Module
Basesystem Module
SUSE Real Time Module
Public Cloud Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server for Power LE - Update Services for SAP Solutions
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-lts-xenial (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-kvm (Ubuntu package)
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_62-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_62-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_13-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_52-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_14-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_52-rt
kernel (Red Hat package)
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel
kernel-tools-devel
kernel-debuginfo
python3-perf
python3-perf-debuginfo
bpftool-debuginfo
perf
kernel-headers
kernel-source
bpftool
kernel-devel
kernel-tools
perf-debuginfo
kernel-debugsource
kernel-rt_debug-livepatch-devel
kselftests-kmp-rt
reiserfs-kmp-rt
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-vdso
kernel-rt_debug-devel
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource
ocfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-optional
dlm-kmp-rt
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
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel
cluster-md-kmp-rt
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo
kernel-source-rt
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-rt-extra
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-syms-rt
kernel-rt-devel
kernel-rt_debug
kernel-rt
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-azure-extra
kernel-azure-devel
cluster-md-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-livepatch-devel
dlm-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-debugsource
dlm-kmp-azure
gfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-extra-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-azure
ocfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-optional
kernel-devel-azure
kernel-source-azure
kernel-azure-vdso
kernel-azure-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-azure
gfs2-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-azure
kernel-syms-azure
kernel-azure-optional-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo
dtb-apple
dtb-socionext
dtb-nvidia
dtb-freescale
dtb-apm
dtb-exynos
dtb-xilinx
dtb-mediatek
dtb-amlogic
dtb-lg
dtb-hisilicon
kernel-syms
dtb-allwinner
dtb-amazon
dtb-renesas
dtb-sprd
dtb-qcom
dtb-rockchip
dtb-arm
dtb-cavium
dtb-aarch64
dtb-broadcom
dtb-amd
dtb-altera
dtb-marvell
kernel-obs-qa
kernel-64kb-debugsource
reiserfs-kmp-64kb
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-default-debugsource
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-optional
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso
kernel-default-devel-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-default-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-64kb
kernel-default-vdso
kernel-debug-vdso
kernel-debug-livepatch-devel
kernel-debug-debuginfo
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-debug-debugsource
kernel-debug
kernel-docs-html
kernel-source-vanilla
kernel-macros
kernel-docs
kernel-64kb-livepatch-devel
kernel-default-devel
kernel-default
kernel-kvmsmall
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-64kb
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-extra
dlm-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-devel
kselftests-kmp-64kb
kselftests-kmp-default
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
cluster-md-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra
kernel-default-base-rebuild
kernel-default-base

How to mitigate CVE-2022-48659

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - addressed in versions 4.9.330, 4.14.295, 4.19.260, 5.4.215, 5.10.146, 5.15.71, 5.19.12, 6.0
linux (Ubuntu package) - update to 4.4.0-258.292
linux-lts-xenial (Ubuntu package) - update to 4.4.0-258.292~14.04.2
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 4.4.0-1135.141, 4.4.0-1173.188
linux-kvm (Ubuntu package) - update to 4.4.0-1136.146
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_62-default-debuginfo - 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-SLE15-SP5_Update_13-debugsource - update to 1-150500.11.3.2
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_52-rt-debuginfo - 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 - update to 1-150500.11.5.1
kernel (Red Hat package) - update to 4.18.0-372.121.1.el8_6
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-60.138.0.165, 5.10.0-136.76.0.156
kernel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-60.138.0.165, 5.10.0-136.76.0.156
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-60.138.0.165, 5.10.0-136.76.0.156
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-60.138.0.165, 5.10.0-136.76.0.156
python3-perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-60.138.0.165, 5.10.0-136.76.0.156
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-60.138.0.165, 5.10.0-136.76.0.156
bpftool-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-60.138.0.165
perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-60.138.0.165, 5.10.0-136.76.0.156
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 5.10.0-60.138.0.165, 5.10.0-136.76.0.156
kernel-source - addressed in versions 5.10.0-60.138.0.165, 5.10.0-136.76.0.156
bpftool - update to 5.10.0-60.138.0.165
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-60.138.0.165, 5.10.0-136.76.0.156
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 5.10.0-60.138.0.165, 5.10.0-136.76.0.156
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-60.138.0.165, 5.10.0-136.76.0.156
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.10.0-60.138.0.165, 5.10.0-136.76.0.156
kernel-rt_debug-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
kselftests-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
reiserfs-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - 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 - 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-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
kernel-rt-optional - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
dlm-kmp-rt - 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
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel - 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-extra - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
kernel-rt-devel - 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
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
kernel-azure-extra - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
kernel-azure-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
cluster-md-kmp-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
kernel-azure-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
dlm-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
kselftests-kmp-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
kernel-azure-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
dlm-kmp-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
gfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
kernel-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
kernel-azure-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
reiserfs-kmp-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
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-azure-optional - 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-azure-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
ocfs2-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-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
reiserfs-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.51.1
dtb-apple - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-socionext - 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-apm - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-exynos - 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
kernel-syms - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-allwinner - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-amazon - 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-rockchip - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-arm - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-cavium - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-aarch64 - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-broadcom - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-amd - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-altera - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
dtb-marvell - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
kernel-obs-qa - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
reiserfs-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
cluster-md-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-64kb-optional - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default-devel-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-default-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
ocfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-debug-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-debug-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-debug-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-debug-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-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-debug - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-source - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-docs-html - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-source-vanilla - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-macros - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-docs - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-64kb-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-kvmsmall - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
gfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-64kb-extra - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
dlm-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kselftests-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kselftests-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
dlm-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
cluster-md-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
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
kernel-default-extra - 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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