CVE-2022-48659
5.5 · MEDIUMOverview
CVE-2022-48659 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on April 28, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).
This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.
Technical Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mm/slub: fix to return errno if kmalloc() fails
In create_unique_id(), kmalloc(, GFP_KERNEL) can fail due to
out-of-memory, if it fails, return errno correctly rather than
triggering panic via BUG_ON();
kernel BUG at mm/slub.c:5893!
Internal error: Oops - BUG: 0 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
Call trace:
sysfs_slab_add+0x258/0x260 mm/slub.c:5973
__kmem_cache_create+0x60/0x118 mm/slub.c:4899
create_cache mm/slab_common.c:229 [inline]
kmem_cache_create_usercopy+0x19c/0x31c mm/slab_common.c:335
kmem_cache_create+0x1c/0x28 mm/slab_common.c:390
f2fs_kmem_cache_create fs/f2fs/f2fs.h:2766 [inline]
f2fs_init_xattr_caches+0x78/0xb4 fs/f2fs/xattr.c:808
f2fs_fill_super+0x1050/0x1e0c fs/f2fs/super.c:4149
mount_bdev+0x1b8/0x210 fs/super.c:1400
f2fs_mount+0x44/0x58 fs/f2fs/super.c:4512
legacy_get_tree+0x30/0x74 fs/fs_context.c:610
vfs_get_tree+0x40/0x140 fs/super.c:1530
do_new_mount+0x1dc/0x4e4 fs/namespace.c:3040
path_mount+0x3
Remediation
Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 2.6.22, < 4.9.330 | Affected |
References
Frequently Asked Questions
What is CVE-2022-48659?
CVE-2022-48659 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on April 28, 2024 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).
How severe is CVE-2022-48659?
This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.
How do I fix or remediate CVE-2022-48659?
Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.
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