5.5

CVE-2022-48915: thermal: core: Fix TZ_GET_TRIP NULL pointer dereference

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-48915DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48915
Published 22-08-2024Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-48915 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.4% 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 7 · Related 5
RHSA-2022:7683RHSA-2023:2458SUSE-SU-2024:3190-1SUSE-SU-2024:3209-1SUSE-SU-2024:3227-1SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1

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: thermal: core: Fix TZ_GET_TRIP NULL pointer dereference Do not call get_trip_hyst() from thermal_genl_cmd_tz_get_trip() if the thermal zone does not define one.

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≥ 1ce50e7d408ef2bdc8ca021363fd46d1b8bfad00, < 1c0b51e62a50e9291764d022ed44549e65d6ab9c | ≥ 1ce50e7d408ef2bdc8ca021363fd46d1b8bfad00, < 3dafbf915c05f83469e791949b5590da2aca2afb | ≥ 1ce50e7d408ef2bdc8ca021363fd46d1b8bfad00, < 4c294285cec3964b3291772ac0642c2bf440bd1b | ≥ 1ce50e7d408ef2bdc8ca021363fd46d1b8bfad00, < 5838a14832d447990827d85e90afe17e6fb9c175 | 5.9
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.9, < 5.10.104 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.27 | ≥ 5.16, < 5.16.13
Debian1 product
  • linux< 5.16.14-1

3 vendors · 78 products

References

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