What is CVE-2022-48661?

CVE-2022-48661 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Improper Resource Shutdown or Release. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-04-28.

How severe is CVE-2022-48661?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-48661 known to be exploited?

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

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2022-48661

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpio: mockup: Fix potential resource leakage when register a chip If creation of software node fails, the locally allocated string array is left unfreed. Free it on error path.

EPSS: 0.002 (13.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 6fda593f3082ef1aa783ac13e89f673fd69a2cb6, 5.15, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-404 — Improper Resource Shutdown or Release

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)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-48661?: CVE-2022-48661 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Improper Resource Shutdown or Release. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-04-28.
How severe is CVE-2022-48661?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-48661 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.