Memory leak in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-48934
Published: August 22, 2024 / Updated: May 12, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU96402
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-2022-48934
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 nfp_tunnel_add_shared_mac() and kfree() functions in drivers/net/ethernet/netronome/nfp/flower/tunnel_conf.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2022-48934
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ad5886f85b6bd893e3ed19013765fb0c243c069
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af4bc921d39dffdb83076e0a7eed1321242b7d87
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d8097caa73200710d52b9f4d9f430548f46a900
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4086d2433576baf85f0e538511df97c8101e0a10
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a14d0888eb4b0045884126acc69abfb7b87814d
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.103
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.26
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.16.12
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.17
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.182