CVE-2022-48730: dma-buf: heaps: Fix potential spectre v1 gadget
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-48730 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Observable Discrepancy vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 9 · Related 9Timeline
- 20-06-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dma-buf: heaps: Fix potential spectre v1 gadget It appears like nr could be a Spectre v1 gadget as it's supplied by a user and used as an array index. Prevent the contents of kernel memory from being leaked to userspace via speculative execution by using array_index_nospec. [sumits: added fixes and cc: stable tags]
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.26%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
17%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.26% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu68 products
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ c02a81fba74fe3488ad6b08bfb5a1329005418f8, < 5d40f1bdad3dd1a177f21a90ad4353c1ed40ba3a | ≥ c02a81fba74fe3488ad6b08bfb5a1329005418f8, < 24f8e12d965b24f8aea762589e0e9fe2025c005e | ≥ c02a81fba74fe3488ad6b08bfb5a1329005418f8, < cc8f7940d9c2d45f67b3d1a2f2b7a829ca561bed | ≥ c02a81fba74fe3488ad6b08bfb5a1329005418f8, < 92c4cfaee6872038563c5b6f2e8e613f9d84d47d | 5.6
- linux_kernel≥ 5.6, < 5.10.99 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.22 | ≥ 5.16, < 5.16.8 | 5.17:rc1 | 5.17:rc2
Debian1 product
- linux< 5.16.10-1
3 vendors · 71 products