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high 7.8

CVE-2022-48742 json

rtnetlink: make sure to refresh master_dev/m_ops in __rtnl_newlink()

published 2024-06-20 2 y ago modified 2026-08-05 3 mo ago also EUVD-2022-53621

cvss
7.8
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 15%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

rtnetlink: make sure to refresh master_dev/m_ops in __rtnl_newlink()

While looking at one unrelated syzbot bug, I found the replay logic in __rtnl_newlink() to potentially trigger use-after-free.

It is better to clear master_dev and m_ops inside the loop, in case we have to replay it.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 4.9.300, 4.14.265, 4.19.228, 5.4.177, 5.10.97, 5.15.20, 5.16.6, 5.17
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.16.7-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48742

  • linux Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-176.185
  • linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-109.123
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1127.136
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1072.77
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1072.77
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1020.22
  • linux-iot Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1004.6
  • linux-kvm Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 4.15.0-1113.116

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48742

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-64kb SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS 5.14.21-150500.55.91.1
  • kernel-syms SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS, SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS +1 more 5.14.21-150500.55.91.1
  • kernel-source SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS, SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS +1 more 5.14.21-150500.55.91.1
  • kernel-default SLE Micro 5.5, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS, SLES for SAP 15 SP5 +3 more 5.14.21-150500.55.91.1
  • kernel-obs-build SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS, SLES for SAP 15 SP5, SLES 15 SP5-LTSS +1 more 5.14.21-150500.55.91.1
  • kernel-default-base SLE Micro 5.5, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS, SLES for SAP 15 SP5 +2 more 5.14.21-150500.55.91.1.150500.6.41.1
  • kernel-rt SLE Micro 5.5 5.14.21-150500.13.82.1
  • kernel-source-rt SLE Micro 5.5 5.14.21-150500.13.82.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:0201-1SUSE-SU-2025:0201-2SUSE-SU-2025:0236-1SUSE-SU-2025:0229-1

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-2022-48742 updated cvss 6.4

kernel: rtnetlink: make sure to refresh master_dev/m_ops in __rtnl_newlink()

  • 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
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • 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, +83 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

0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 15% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CNA 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness
Technology feeds

References

Sources

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