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Vulnerability · Published Jul 16, 2024 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2022-48856gianfar: ethtool: Fix refcount leak in gfar_get_ts_info

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 11% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 88.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gianfar: ethtool: Fix refcount leak in gfar_get_ts_info The of_find_compatible_node() function returns a node pointer with refcount incremented, We should use of_node_put() on it when done Add the missing of_node_put() to release the refcount.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux5.16.18-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48856
Debian:13linux5.16.18-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48856
Debian:14linux5.16.18-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-48856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-48856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-48856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-48856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-48856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-48856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-48856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-48856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-48856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-48856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-48856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-48856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-48856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-48856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-48856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-48856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-48856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-48856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-48856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-48856
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-48856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-48856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-48856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-48856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-48856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-48856
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-48856

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 7349a74ea75ca27606ead81df3ed67f1b32a94ba – before 6263f2eb93a85ad7df504daf0c341a7fb6bbe8a67349a74ea75ca27606ead81df3ed67f1b32a94ba – before f7b3b520349193f8a82cca74daf366199e06add97349a74ea75ca27606ead81df3ed67f1b32a94ba – before 21044e679ed535345042d2023f7df0ca8e897e2a7349a74ea75ca27606ead81df3ed67f1b32a94ba – before f49f646f9ec296fc0afe7ae92c2bb47f23e3846c7349a74ea75ca27606ead81df3ed67f1b32a94ba – before 0e1b9a2078e07fb1e6e91bf8badfd89ecab1e8487349a74ea75ca27606ead81df3ed67f1b32a94ba – before 2ac5b58e645c66932438bb021cb5b52097ce70b0
Linux Linux 4.18

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