NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-48908

 

NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-48908

Published: August 22, 2024 / Updated: May 12, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU96420
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-2022-48908
CWE-ID: CWE-476
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 NULL pointer dereference within the com20020pci_probe() function in drivers/net/arcnet/com20020-pci.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
openEuler
kernel
bpftool
bpftool-debuginfo
kernel-debuginfo
kernel-debugsource
kernel-devel
kernel-source
kernel-tools
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools-devel
perf
perf-debuginfo
python2-perf
python2-perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
python3-perf-debuginfo

How to mitigate CVE-2022-48908

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - addressed in versions 4.9.305, 4.14.270, 4.19.233, 5.4.183, 5.10.104, 5.15.27, 5.16.13, 5.17
kernel - update to 4.19.90-2409.1.0.0293
bpftool - update to 4.19.90-2409.1.0.0293
bpftool-debuginfo - update to 4.19.90-2409.1.0.0293
kernel-debuginfo - update to 4.19.90-2409.1.0.0293
kernel-debugsource - update to 4.19.90-2409.1.0.0293
kernel-devel - update to 4.19.90-2409.1.0.0293
kernel-source - update to 4.19.90-2409.1.0.0293
kernel-tools - update to 4.19.90-2409.1.0.0293
kernel-tools-debuginfo - update to 4.19.90-2409.1.0.0293
kernel-tools-devel - update to 4.19.90-2409.1.0.0293
perf - update to 4.19.90-2409.1.0.0293
perf-debuginfo - update to 4.19.90-2409.1.0.0293
python2-perf - update to 4.19.90-2409.1.0.0293
python2-perf-debuginfo - update to 4.19.90-2409.1.0.0293
python3-perf - update to 4.19.90-2409.1.0.0293
python3-perf-debuginfo - update to 4.19.90-2409.1.0.0293

External References

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