What is CVE-2022-48638?

CVE-2022-48638 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-04-28.

How severe is CVE-2022-48638?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2022-48638

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cgroup: cgroup_get_from_id() must check the looked-up kn is a directory cgroup has to be one kernfs dir, otherwise kernel panic is caused, especially cgroup id is provide from userspace.

EPSS: 0.002 (13.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Linux — versions 6b658c4863c15936872a93c9ee879043bf6393c9, 5.14, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.0

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-48638?: CVE-2022-48638 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.3/10. Published 2024-04-28.
How severe is CVE-2022-48638?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.3 out of 10.