PT-2024-11778 · Linux+3 · Linux Kernel+3

Published 2022-09-02 · Updated 2024-10-30 · CVE-2022-48698

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A memory leak issue has been resolved in the Linux kernel. The problem occurs when using debugfs lookup(), which requires dput() to be called on its result to prevent memory leaks over time. The fix involves properly calling dput().

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Memory Leak

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-401

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-14566

CVE-2022-48698

OPENSUSE-SU-2024_1644-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024_1659-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024_1663-1

SUSE-SU-2024:1644-1

SUSE-SU-2024:1659-1

SUSE-SU-2024:1663-1

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Debian

Linux Kernel

Suse

References · 541

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/48xxx/CVE-2022-48698.json · Exploit
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-14566 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-48698 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-48698 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a6279d243cb035eaaff1450980b40cf19748f05 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48698 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cbfac7fa491651c57926c99edeb7495c6c1aeac2 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2024:1659-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-48698 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48698 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48698 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58acd2ebae034db3bacf38708f508fbd12ae2e54 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48698 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2024:1644-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2024:1663-1 · Vendor Advisory