CVE Catalog

CVE-2022-48782

HighCVSS 8.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.30%

22th percentile - higher than 22% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel MCTP subsystem, there is a use-after-free in route.c. When mctp_key_add() fails, the key is freed but later used in trace_mctp_key_acquire(). Added an else statement to use the key only on success.

Risk Assessment

May lead to memory corruption, system crash, or potential code execution in kernel context.

Recommendation

Install the kernel update containing this fix to eliminate the use-after-free risk.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mctp: fix use after free Clang static analysis reports this problem route.c:425:4: warning: Use of memory after it is freed trace_mctp_key_acquire(key); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When mctp_key_add() fails, key is freed but then is later used in trace_mctp_key_acquire(). Add an else statement to use the key only when mctp_key_add() is successful.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS