What is CVE-2022-48654?

CVE-2022-48654 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Use of Uninitialized Resource. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2024-04-28.

How severe is CVE-2022-48654?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-48654 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2022-48654

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nfnetlink_osf: fix possible bogus match in nf_osf_find() nf_osf_find() incorrectly returns true on mismatch, this leads to copying uninitialized memory area in nft_osf which can be used to leak stale kernel stack data to userspace.

EPSS: 0.002 (15.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 22c7652cdaa8cd33ce78bacceb4e826a3f795873, 5.2, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-908 — Use of Uninitialized Resource

Public proof-of-concept exploits

fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-48654?: CVE-2022-48654 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Use of Uninitialized Resource. CVSS score: 7.1/10. Published 2024-04-28.
How severe is CVE-2022-48654?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-48654 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.