5.5

CVE-2022-48773: xprtrdma: fix pointer derefs in error cases of rpcrdma_ep_create

Modified
AliasesRHSA-2024:10275UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48773DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48773
Published 16-07-2024Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-48773 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.25%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 12 · Related 5
RHSA-2024:10262RHSA-2024:10265RHSA-2024:6990RHSA-2024:6991RHSA-2024:8616RHSA-2024:8856

Timeline

  1. 16-07-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xprtrdma: fix pointer derefs in error cases of rpcrdma_ep_create If there are failures then we must not leave the non-NULL pointers with the error value, otherwise `rpcrdma_ep_destroy` gets confused and tries free them, resulting in an Oops.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.25%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

16%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.25% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu69 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)
Redhat15 products
  • kernel-rt< 0:4.18.0-305.145.1.rt7.221.el8_4
  • kernel-rt-core< 0:4.18.0-305.145.1.rt7.221.el8_4
  • kernel-rt-debug< 0:4.18.0-305.145.1.rt7.221.el8_4
  • kernel-rt-debug-core< 0:4.18.0-305.145.1.rt7.221.el8_4
  • kernel-rt-debug-debuginfo< 0:4.18.0-305.145.1.rt7.221.el8_4
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 85cd8e2b78eea7374927750ffec60bf047f8f90b, < 1e7433fb95ccc01629a5edaa4ced0cd8c98d0ae0 | ≥ 85cd8e2b78eea7374927750ffec60bf047f8f90b, < 9921c866dc369577c3ebb9adf2383b01b58c18de | ≥ 85cd8e2b78eea7374927750ffec60bf047f8f90b, < 2526d4d8b209dc5ac1fbeb468149774888b2a141 | ≥ 85cd8e2b78eea7374927750ffec60bf047f8f90b, < a9c10b5b3b67b3750a10c8b089b2e05f5e176e33 | 5.7
  • linux_kernel< 5.10.102 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.25 | ≥ 5.16, < 5.16.11
Debian1 product
  • linux< 5.16.11-1

4 vendors · 87 products

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