Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2022-48668

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb3: fix temporary data corruption in collapse range collapse range doesn't discard the affected cached region so can risk temporarily corrupting the file data. This fixes xfstest generic/031 I also decided to merge a minor cleanup to this into the same patch (avoiding rereading inode size repeatedly unnecessarily) to make it clearer.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 3.3 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (8.1th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 8th percentile — 8.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2022-48668: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

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

Affected products

  • Linux — versions 5476b5dd82c8bb9d0dd426f96575ae656cede140, 5.13, 0
  • Linux Kernel — versions 6.0

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-48668?
CVE-2022-48668 is a low-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 3.3/10. Published 2024-04-28.
How severe is CVE-2022-48668?
Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 3.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-48668 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.