5.5

CVE-2022-48907: auxdisplay: lcd2s: Fix memory leak in ->remove()

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-48907DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48907
Published 22-08-2024Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-48907 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.1% 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
0.21%
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 5 · Related 5
SUSE-SU-2024:3190-1SUSE-SU-2024:3209-1SUSE-SU-2024:3227-1SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1

Timeline

  1. 22-08-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: auxdisplay: lcd2s: Fix memory leak in ->remove() Once allocated the struct lcd2s_data is never freed. Fix the memory leak by switching to devm_kzalloc().

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

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

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.

Ubuntu75 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≥ 8c9108d014c5bd0f0da2e3544eb45dc56a6da92b, < 5d53cd33f4253aa4cf02bf7e670b3c6a99674351 | ≥ 8c9108d014c5bd0f0da2e3544eb45dc56a6da92b, < 3585ed5f9b11a6094dd991d76a1541e5d03b986a | ≥ 8c9108d014c5bd0f0da2e3544eb45dc56a6da92b, < 898c0a15425a5bcaa8d44bd436eae5afd2483796 | 5.11
  • linux_kernel≥ 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 · 78 products

References

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