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Fencer Vulns
medium 5.3

CVE-2022-48698 json

drm/amd/display: fix memory leak when using debugfs_lookup()

published 2024-05-03 2 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2022-53577

cvss
5.3
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 11%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/amd/display: fix memory leak when using debugfs_lookup()

When calling debugfs_lookup() the result must have dput() called on it, otherwise the memory will leak over time. Fix this up by properly calling dput().

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 5.15.68, 5.19.9, 6.0
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.19.11-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48698

  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-57.63
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1027.31
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1026.33
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1024.29
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1022.25
  • linux-kvm Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1025.30
  • linux-azure Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1030.37
  • linux-gkeop Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1012.16

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48698

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-rt SLE Micro 5.5, Real Time Module 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
  • kernel-syms-rt Real Time Module 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
  • kernel-rt_debug Real Time Module 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
  • kernel-source-rt SLE Micro 5.5, Real Time Module 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.13.52.1
  • dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
  • kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.62.2
  • kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1
  • kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 15.5 5.14.21-150500.55.62.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:1663-1SUSE-SU-2024:1659-1SUSE-SU-2024:1644-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-48698 updated cvss 5.5

kernel: drm/amd/display: fix memory leak when using debugfs_lookup()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +82 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
2 y ago

Exploit prediction

0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
CNA 3.1 5.3 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-401 Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime
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References

Sources

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