CVE-2022-48896

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.0-5.4.228 5.5-5.10.163 5.11-5.15.88 5.16-6.1.6 - Use-After-Free in ixgbe PCI Device Reference Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ixgbe: fix pci device refcount leak As the comment of pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot() says, it returns a PCI device with refcount incremented, when finish using it, the caller must decrement the reference count by calling pci_dev_put(). In ixgbe_get_first_secondary_devfn() and ixgbe_x550em_a_has_mii(), pci_dev_put() is called to avoid leak.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 14.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-401
Status published
Products (18)
linux/Kernel 5.0.0 - 5.4.229linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.89linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.7linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.164linux
Linux/Linux < 5.0
Linux/Linux 5.0
Linux/Linux 5.10.164 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.89 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.4.229 - 5.4.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.7 - 6.1.*
... and 8 more
Published Aug 21, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026