CVE-2022-48782

HIGH

Linux Kernel 5.16-5.16.10 - Use-After-Free in MCTP Key Acquisition

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mctp: fix use after free Clang static analysis reports this problem route.c:425:4: warning: Use of memory after it is freed trace_mctp_key_acquire(key); ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When mctp_key_add() fails, key is freed but then is later used in trace_mctp_key_acquire(). Add an else statement to use the key only when mctp_key_add() is successful.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0022
EPSS Percentile 12.0%
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

CWE
CWE-416
Status published
Products (8)
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 5.16.11linux
Linux/Linux < 5.16
Linux/Linux 4f9e1ba6de45aa8797a83f1fe5b82ec4bac16899 - 1dd3ecbec5f606b2a526c47925c8634b1a6bb81e
Linux/Linux 4f9e1ba6de45aa8797a83f1fe5b82ec4bac16899 - 7e5b6a5c8c44310784c88c1c198dde79f6402f7b
Linux/Linux 5.16
Linux/Linux 5.16.11 - 5.16.*
Linux/Linux 5.17
linux/linux_kernel 5.16 - 5.16.11
Published Jul 16, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026