CVE-2022-48905: ibmvnic: free reset-work-item when flushing
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-48905 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.3% 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 12 · Related 10Timeline
- 22-08-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ibmvnic: free reset-work-item when flushing Fix a tiny memory leak when flushing the reset work queue.
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:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.21%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
11%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.21% 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.
Ubuntu95 products
- linux< 5.4.0-117.132
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws< 5.4.0-1078.84
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ 2770a7984db588913e11a6dfcfe3461dbba9b7b2, < 786576c03b313a9ff6585458aa0dfd039d897f51 | ≥ 2770a7984db588913e11a6dfcfe3461dbba9b7b2, < 58b07100c20e95c78b8cb4d6d28ca53eb9ef81f2 | ≥ 2770a7984db588913e11a6dfcfe3461dbba9b7b2, < 6acbc8875282d3ca8a73fa93cd7a9b166de5019c | ≥ 2770a7984db588913e11a6dfcfe3461dbba9b7b2, < 39738a2346b270e8f72f88d8856de2c167bd2899 | ≥ 2770a7984db588913e11a6dfcfe3461dbba9b7b2, < 4c26745e4576cec224092e6cc12e37829333b183 | ≥ 2770a7984db588913e11a6dfcfe3461dbba9b7b2, < 8d0657f39f487d904fca713e0bc39c2707382553 | 4.18
- linux_kernel≥ 4.18, < 4.19.233 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.183 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.104 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.27 | ≥ 5.16, < 5.16.13 | 5.17:rc1 | 5.17:rc2 | 5.17:rc3 | 5.17:rc4 | 5.17:rc5 | 5.17:rc6
Debian1 product
- linux< 5.16.14-1
3 vendors · 98 products