7.8

CVE-2022-48787: iwlwifi: fix use-after-free

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-48787DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48787
Published 16-07-2024Last modified 05-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-48787 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Use After Free vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.24%
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 7 · Related 7
SUSE-SU-2024:2894-1SUSE-SU-2024:2902-1SUSE-SU-2024:2929-1SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1SUSE-SU-2024:2947-1SUSE-SU-2024:3225-1

Timeline

  1. 16-07-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iwlwifi: fix use-after-free If no firmware was present at all (or, presumably, all of the firmware files failed to parse), we end up unbinding by calling device_release_driver(), which calls remove(), which then in iwlwifi calls iwl_drv_stop(), freeing the 'drv' struct. However the new code I added will still erroneously access it after it was freed. Set 'failure=false' in this case to avoid the access, all data was already freed anyway.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.24%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

16%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.24% 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.

Ubuntu92 products
  • linux< 4.15.0-177.186 | < 5.4.0-110.124
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 4.15.0-1128.137 | < 5.4.0-1073.78
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 8e10749fa1a454c1e7214f36cec83241f5a36ef1, < d3b98fe36f8a06ce654049540773256ab59cb53d | ≥ 1d7cc54137a4f28506dc7beac235b240b08f4e59, < 7d6475179b85a83186ccce59cdc359d4f07d0bcb | ≥ 0446cafa843e6db4982731c167e11c80d42be7e2, < 494de920d98f125b099f27a2d274850750aff957 | ≥ febab6b60d61d13cd9f30a2991deea56df39567d, < 008508c16af0087cda0394e1ac6f0493b01b6063 | ≥ e23f075d77987de4215c8e0696f28bcc707506f7, < ddd46059f7d99119b62d44c519df7a79f2e6a515 | ≥ 6b5ad4bd0d78fef6bbe0ecdf96e09237c9c52cc1, < 9958b9cbb22145295ee1ffaea0904c383da2c05d | ≥ ab07506b0454bea606095951e19e72c282bfbb42, < bea2662e7818e15d7607d17d57912ac984275d94 | ≥ 4.14.263, < 4.14.268 | ≥ 4.19.226, < 4.19.231 | ≥ 5.4.174, < 5.4.181 | ≥ 5.10.94, < 5.10.102 | ≥ 5.15.17, < 5.15.25 | ≥ 5.16.3, < 5.16.11
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.14.263, < 4.14.268 | ≥ 4.19.226, < 4.19.231 | ≥ 5.4.174, < 5.4.181 | ≥ 5.10.94, < 5.10.102 | ≥ 5.15.17, < 5.15.25 | ≥ 5.16.3, < 5.16.11
Debian1 product
  • linux< 5.16.11-1

3 vendors · 95 products

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