Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-48885

 

Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-48885

Published: August 21, 2024 / Updated: May 12, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU96317
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-2022-48885
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 ice_gnss_tty_write() function in drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ice/ice_gnss.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
openSUSE Leap Micro
Basesystem Module
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
Legacy Module
Development Tools Module
SUSE Real Time Module
Public Cloud Module
openSUSE Leap
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_80-default
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_67-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_67-rt
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_19-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_80-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_19-debugsource
kernel-syms-rt
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-debugsource
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-devel
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-source-rt
kernel-rt_debug
kernel-rt
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-livepatch
kernel-rt-extra
kernel-rt-optional
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-livepatch-devel
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-vdso
gfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-devel
ocfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-vdso
cluster-md-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-extra
kernel-azure-livepatch-devel
kselftests-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-azure-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-extra-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-devel
dlm-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kernel-azure-optional
gfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-devel-azure
kernel-source-azure
kernel-azure-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-azure-vdso
kernel-azure
gfs2-kmp-azure
ocfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-syms-azure
kernel-azure-debugsource
ocfs2-kmp-azure
dlm-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-optional-debuginfo
dtb-broadcom
dtb-amd
dtb-allwinner
dtb-xilinx
dtb-nvidia
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
dtb-amlogic
dtb-qcom
dtb-rockchip
kernel-syms
kernel-obs-qa
dtb-exynos
dtb-lg
dtb-altera
dtb-amazon
kernel-obs-build
dtb-arm
dtb-aarch64
dtb-apple
dtb-cavium
dtb-marvell
dtb-hisilicon
dtb-mediatek
dtb-apm
dtb-renesas
dtb-freescale
dtb-socionext
dtb-sprd
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-64kb
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-livepatch-devel
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-extra
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-optional
ocfs2-kmp-64kb
dlm-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-64kb
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-devel
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-debug-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-devel
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
kernel-kvmsmall-livepatch-devel
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-default-vdso
kernel-debug-vdso
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-default
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-debug-debugsource
kernel-debug-livepatch-devel
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-debug
kernel-devel
kernel-source-vanilla
kernel-macros
kernel-source
kernel-docs-html
kernel-docs
kernel-default-extra
kernel-kvmsmall
reiserfs-kmp-default
kernel-default-optional
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kselftests-kmp-default
dlm-kmp-default
kernel-default-livepatch
cluster-md-kmp-default
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo
kernel-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-devel
kernel-default-base
kernel-default-base-rebuild

How to mitigate CVE-2022-48885

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - addressed in versions 6.1.7, 6.2
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_80-default - update to 1-150500.11.3.2
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_67-rt-debuginfo - update to 1-150500.11.3.2
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_67-rt - update to 1-150500.11.3.2
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_19-debugsource - update to 1-150500.11.3.2
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_80-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150500.11.3.2
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_19-debugsource - update to 1-150500.11.3.2
kernel-syms-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.1
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt_debug-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-devel-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-source-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt_debug - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kselftests-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
reiserfs-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt-livepatch - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt-extra - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt-optional - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt_debug-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt_debug-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
cluster-md-kmp-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-azure-extra - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-azure-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kselftests-kmp-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
reiserfs-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
cluster-md-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-azure-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
reiserfs-kmp-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-azure-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
dlm-kmp-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-azure-optional - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
gfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-devel-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-source-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-azure-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-azure-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
gfs2-kmp-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
ocfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-syms-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-azure-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
ocfs2-kmp-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
dlm-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-azure-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
dtb-broadcom - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-amd - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-allwinner - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-xilinx - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-nvidia - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-amlogic - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-qcom - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-rockchip - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
kernel-syms - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
kernel-obs-qa - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-exynos - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-lg - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-altera - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-amazon - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
kernel-obs-build - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-arm - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-aarch64 - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-apple - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-cavium - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-marvell - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-hisilicon - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-mediatek - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-apm - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-renesas - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-freescale - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-socionext - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-sprd - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
gfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-64kb-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-64kb-extra - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
reiserfs-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-64kb-optional - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
ocfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
dlm-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kselftests-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
cluster-md-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-debug-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-kvmsmall-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-kvmsmall-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-debug-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-debug-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-debug-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-debug-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-debug - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-source-vanilla - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-macros - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-source - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-docs-html - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-docs - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-extra - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-kvmsmall - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-optional - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kselftests-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
dlm-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-base - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2.150500.6.35.6
kernel-default-base-rebuild - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2.150500.6.35.6

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