CVE-2022-48879
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: efi: fix NULL-deref in init error path In cases where runtime services are not supported or have been disabled, the runtime services workqueue will never have been allocated. Do not try to destroy the workqueue unconditionally in the unlikely event that EFI initialisation fails to avoid dereferencing a NULL pointer.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-48879
Vendor advisory: suse — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-48879.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 6.1.7-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 5.10.178-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 6.1.7-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 6.1.7-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 6.1.7-1 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.