Improper error handling in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-48875

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Improper error handling in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-48875

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU96364
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-2022-48875
CWE-ID: CWE-388
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Affected software:
Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Manager Server
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server
SUSE Manager Proxy
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro for Rancher
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
openSUSE Leap Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12
Ubuntu
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 LTSS
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 LTSS
Public Cloud Module
Basesystem Module
SUSE Real Time Module
Development Tools Module
Legacy Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_261-default
kgraft-patch-4_12_14-122_228-default
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_133-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150400_24_133-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_31-debugsource
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-5_14_21-150500_55_80-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_19-debugsource
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-fips (Ubuntu package)
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug
kernel-rt
kernel-source-rt
kernel-devel-rt
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debugsource
gfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-syms-rt
kernel-rt-base
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-devel
kernel-rt-base-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource
ocfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-devel
kernel-syms-azure
kernel-source-azure
kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kernel-devel-azure
kernel-azure-base-debuginfo
kernel-azure
kernel-azure-base
kernel-azure-devel
ocfs2-kmp-default
kernel-default-devel
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default
kernel-default
kernel-devel
kernel-macros
kernel-source
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-kgraft-devel
kernel-default-kgraft
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-man
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-base-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default
dlm-kmp-default
kernel-default-extra
kernel-syms
kernel-default-base
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-obs-build
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-docs
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-5.4 (Ubuntu package)
linux-iot (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm-5.4 (Ubuntu package)
linux-bluefield (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-5.4 (Ubuntu package)
kernel-debuginfo
kernel
kernel-debugsource
kernel-headers
kernel-tools
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools-devel
perf
perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
python3-perf-debuginfo
dtb-amazon
dtb-nvidia
dtb-xilinx
dtb-allwinner
dtb-arm
dtb-altera
dtb-rockchip
dtb-broadcom
dtb-lg
dtb-exynos
dtb-marvell
dtb-socionext
dtb-cavium
dtb-apm
dtb-sprd
dtb-amlogic
dtb-mediatek
dtb-apple
dtb-qcom
dtb-hisilicon
dtb-freescale
dtb-renesas
dtb-amd
kernel-obs-qa
dtb-aarch64
kernel-docs-html
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-source-vanilla
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-debug
kernel-64kb-extra
kernel-64kb-livepatch-devel
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-debug-debugsource
kernel-debug-debuginfo
kernel-debug-livepatch-devel
kernel-kvmsmall-livepatch-devel
kernel-64kb
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
kernel-kvmsmall-devel
kernel-default-optional
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-optional
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-default
dlm-kmp-64kb
gfs2-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-devel
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-64kb
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-64kb
kernel-default-base-rebuild
kernel-rt_debug-livepatch-devel
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-vdso
kernel-rt-vdso
kselftests-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo
kernel-rt-optional
kernel-rt-extra
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-livepatch
reiserfs-kmp-rt
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-azure
ocfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-optional-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-azure
kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-azure-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-livepatch-devel
reiserfs-kmp-azure-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-extra-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kernel-azure-optional
kernel-azure-extra
dlm-kmp-azure
gfs2-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-azure-vdso
kernel-debug-vdso
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-default-vdso
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper error handling within the drv_ampdu_action() function in net/mac80211/driver-ops.c, within the ieee80211_tx_ba_session_handle_start() function in net/mac80211/agg-tx.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2022-48875

Install update from vendor's website.

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