What is CVE-2022-48425?

CVE-2022-48425 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-03-19.

How severe is CVE-2022-48425?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

CVE-2022-48425

In the Linux kernel through 6.2.7, fs/ntfs3/inode.c has an invalid kfree because it does not validate MFT flags before replaying logs.

Published 2023-03-19 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (14.7th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 15th percentile — 14.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.002 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Linux Kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-763 — Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference

References

git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/commit/fs/ntfs3 (Patch)
git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/ (Patch)
security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230413-0006/ (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-48425?: CVE-2022-48425 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux Kernel, classified under Release of Invalid Pointer or Reference. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2023-03-19.
How severe is CVE-2022-48425?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.