Is CVE-2022-48861 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-48861 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-48861?

CVE-2022-48861 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-48861?

CVE-2022-48861 has an EPSS score of 0.20% (10th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-48861?

Upgrade linux on debian 12 to 5.16.18-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-48861

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vdpa: fix use-after-free on vp_vdpa_remove When vp_vdpa driver is unbind, vp_vdpa is freed in vdpa_unregister_device and then vp_vdpa->mdev.pci_dev is dereferenced in vp_modern_remove, triggering use-after-free. Call Trace of unbinding driver free vp_vdpa : do_syscall_64 vfs_write kernfs_fop_write_iter device_release_driver_internal pci_device_remove vp_vdpa_remove vdpa_unregister_device kobject_release device_release kfree Call Trace of dereference vp_vdpa->mdev.pci_dev: vp_modern_remove pci_release_selected_regions pci_release_region pci_resource_len pci_resource_end (dev)->resource[(bar)].end

CWE-416Use After Free

How to fix

Remediation Available

linuxDebian

Fixed in:5.16.18-1CVE-2022-48861

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.20%probability of exploitation in 30 days

10thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 10% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch3

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CVE-2021-31166	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2015-5119	Critical	9.8	99%	KEV	-
CVE-2010-3962	High	8.1	97%	KEV	-
CVE-2015-0313	Critical	9.8	96%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2017-9798	High	7.5	95%	-	Fix

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