CVE-2022-48720

HIGH

Linux Kernel 5.6-5.10.99 5.11-5.15.22 5.16-5.16.8 - Resource Leak via NETDEV_UNREGISTER Event Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: macsec: Fix offload support for NETDEV_UNREGISTER event Current macsec netdev notify handler handles NETDEV_UNREGISTER event by releasing relevant SW resources only, this causes resources leak in case of macsec HW offload, as the underlay driver was not notified to clean it's macsec offload resources. Fix by calling the underlay driver to clean it's relevant resources by moving offload handling from macsec_dellink() to macsec_common_dellink() when handling NETDEV_UNREGISTER event.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0023
EPSS Percentile 13.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

Status published
Products (15)
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.22linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 5.16.8linux
linux/Kernel 5.6.0 - 5.10.99linux
Linux/Linux < 5.6
Linux/Linux 3cf3227a21d1fb020fe26128e60321bd2151e922 - 2e7f5b6ee1a7a2c628253a95b0a95b582901ef1b
Linux/Linux 3cf3227a21d1fb020fe26128e60321bd2151e922 - 8299be160aad8548071d080518712dec0df92bd5
Linux/Linux 3cf3227a21d1fb020fe26128e60321bd2151e922 - 9cef24c8b76c1f6effe499d2f131807c90f7ce9a
Linux/Linux 3cf3227a21d1fb020fe26128e60321bd2151e922 - e7a0b3a0806dae3cc81931f0e83055ca2ac6f455
Linux/Linux 5.10.99 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.22 - 5.15.*
... and 5 more
Published Jun 20, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026