Is CVE-2022-49148 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2022-49148 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2022-49148?

CVE-2022-49148 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2022-49148?

CVE-2022-49148 has an EPSS score of 0.24% (16th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2022-49148?

Upgrade linux on debian 11 to 5.10.113-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2022-49148

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: watch_queue: Free the page array when watch_queue is dismantled Commit 7ea1a0124b6d ("watch_queue: Free the alloc bitmap when the watch_queue is torn down") took care of the bitmap, but not the page array. BUG: memory leak unreferenced object 0xffff88810d9bc140 (size 32): comm "syz-executor335", pid 3603, jiffies 4294946994 (age 12.840s) hex dump (first 32 bytes): 40 a7 40 04 00 ea ff ff 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 @.@............. 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace: kmalloc_array include/linux/slab.h:621 [inline] kcalloc include/linux/slab.h:652 [inline] watch_queue_set_size+0x12f/0x2e0 kernel/watch_queue.c:251 pipe_ioctl+0x82/0x140 fs/pipe.c:632 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:874 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:860 [inline] __x64_sys_ioctl+0xfc/0x140 fs/ioctl.c:860 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]

CWE-401Missing Release of Memory (Memory Leak)

How to fix

Remediation Available

linuxDebian

Fixed in:5.10.113-1CVE-2022-49148

Fixed in:5.17.3-1CVE-2022-49148

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

0.24%probability of exploitation in 30 days

16thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 16% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch5

Related Vulnerabilities

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CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2020-13934	High	7.5	64%	-	Fix
CVE-2016-6304	High	7.5	63%	-	Fix
CVE-2019-12265	Medium	5.3	55%	-	Fix
CVE-2001-0136	Medium	5.0	45%	-	-
CVE-2016-4232	High	7.5	36%	-	-
CVE-2001-0543	Medium	5.0	21%	-	-

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