CVE-2022-48754

HIGH

Linux Kernel 4.16-4.19.227, 4.20-5.4.175, 5.5-5.10.95, 5.11-5.15.18, 5.16-5.16.4 - Use-After-Free in phy_detach

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: phylib: fix potential use-after-free Commit bafbdd527d56 ("phylib: Add device reset GPIO support") added call to phy_device_reset(phydev) after the put_device() call in phy_detach(). The comment before the put_device() call says that the phydev might go away with put_device(). Fix potential use-after-free by calling phy_device_reset() before put_device().

References (6)

Core 6

Scores

CVSS v3 8.4
EPSS 0.0023
EPSS Percentile 14.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact total

Details

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (21)
linux/Kernel 4.16.0 - 4.19.228linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.176linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.19linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 5.16.5linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.96linux
Linux/Linux < 4.16
Linux/Linux 4.16
Linux/Linux 4.19.228 - 4.19.*
Linux/Linux 5.10.96 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.19 - 5.15.*
... and 11 more
Published Jun 20, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026