PT-2024-8462 · Linux+3 · Linux Kernel+3

Marco Patalano · Published 2022-09-23 · Updated 2025-03-21 · CVE-2022-48638

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 The issue is related to the cgroup get from id() function in the Linux kernel, which fails to properly check if the looked-up kernel object is a directory. This can cause a kernel panic, especially when the cgroup id is provided from userspace. The vulnerability can be exploited to cause a denial of service.

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

Exploit

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-10022

CVE-2022-48638

OPENSUSE-SU-2024_1641-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024_1642-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024_1644-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024_1659-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024_1663-1

RHSA-2024:6993

RHSA-2024:6998

SUSE-SU-2024:1641-1

SUSE-SU-2024:1642-1

SUSE-SU-2024:1644-1

SUSE-SU-2024:1645-1

SUSE-SU-2024:1647-1

SUSE-SU-2024:1659-1

SUSE-SU-2024:1663-1

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Linux Kernel

Red Os

Suse

References · 590

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/48xxx/CVE-2022-48638.json · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/MaherAzzouzi/CVE-2024-26817-amdkfd · Exploit
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e9571887f97b17cf3ffe9aa4da89090ea60988b · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-48638 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2024:1642-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8484a356cee8ce3d6a8e6266ff99be326e9273ad · Patch
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48638 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-48638 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2024:1641-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2024:1647-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-10022 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2024:1659-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48638 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df02452f3df069a59bc9e69c84435bf115cb6e37 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-48638 · Vendor Advisory