What is CVE-2022-48697?

CVE-2022-48697 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-05-03.

How severe is CVE-2022-48697?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-48697 known to be exploited?

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

Use After Free in Linux

CVE-2022-48697

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvmet: fix a use-after-free Fix the following use-after-free complaint triggered by blktests nvme/004: BUG: KASAN: user-memory-access in blk_mq_complete_request_remote+0xac/0x350 Read of size 4 at addr 0000607bd1835943 by task kworker/13:1/460 Workqueue: nvmet-wq nvme_loop_execute_work [nvme_loop] Call Trace: show_stack+0x52/0x58 dump_stack_lvl+0x49/0x5e print_report.cold+0x36/0x1e2 kasan_report+0xb9/0xf0 __asan_load4+0x6b/0x80 blk_mq_complete_request_remote+0xac/0x350 nvme_loop_queue_response+0x1df/0x275 [nvme_loop] __nvmet_req_complete+0x132/0x4f0 [nvmet] nvmet_req_complete+0x15/0x40 [nvmet] nvmet_execute_io_connect+0x18a/0x1f0 [nvmet] nvme_loop_execute_work+0x20/0x30 [nvme_loop] process_one_work+0x56e/0xa70 worker_thread+0x2d1/0x640 kthread+0x183/0x1c0 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30

Vulnerability class: Use-After-Free

Published 2024-05-03 · last modified 2026-08-04.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (46.1th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 46th percentile — 46.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Linux — versions a07b4970f464f13640e28e16dad6cfa33647cc99, 4.8, 0
Linux Kernel — versions 6.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-416 — Use After Free

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-48697?: CVE-2022-48697 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Use After Free. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2024-05-03.
How severe is CVE-2022-48697?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-48697 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.