CVE-2022-48775

low-risk
Published 2024-07-16

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Drivers: hv: vmbus: Fix memory leak in vmbus_add_channel_kobj kobject_init_and_add() takes reference even when it fails. According to the doc of kobject_init_and_add()： If this function returns an error, kobject_put() must be called to properly clean up the memory associated with the object. Fix memory leak by calling kobject_put().

Do I need to act?

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0.01% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
5
CVSS 5.5/10 Medium
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Linux

References (12)

Mailing List https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/417947891bd5ae327f15efed1a0da2b12ef24962
Mailing List https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bc69f86328e87a0ffa79438430cc82f3aa6a194
Mailing List https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91d8866ca55232d21995a3d54fac96de33c9e20c
Mailing List https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92e25b637cd4e010f776c86e4810300e773eac5c
Mailing List https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c377e2ba78d3fe9a1f0b4ec424e75f81da7e81e9
Mailing List https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe595759c2a4a5bb41c438474f15947d8ae32f5c
Mailing List https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/417947891bd5ae327f15efed1a0da2b12ef24962
Mailing List https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bc69f86328e87a0ffa79438430cc82f3aa6a194
Mailing List https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91d8866ca55232d21995a3d54fac96de33c9e20c
Mailing List https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92e25b637cd4e010f776c86e4810300e773eac5c
Mailing List https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c377e2ba78d3fe9a1f0b4ec424e75f81da7e81e9
Mailing List https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe595759c2a4a5bb41c438474f15947d8ae32f5c
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low-risk
Severity 18/34 · Moderate
Exploitability 0/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal