What is CVE-2022-48959?

CVE-2022-48959 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-10-21.

How severe is CVE-2022-48959?

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

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2022-48959

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: dsa: sja1105: fix memory leak in sja1105_setup_devlink_regions() When dsa_devlink_region_create failed in sja1105_setup_devlink_regions(), priv->regions is not released.

EPSS: 0.002 (14.6th 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 bf425b82059e0b0752c0026353c1902112200837, 5.10, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

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)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-48959?: CVE-2022-48959 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2024-10-21.
How severe is CVE-2022-48959?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.