CVE-2022-45884
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
7.0
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.3%
26.5th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-362
Published 2022-11-25 · modified 2026-08-13
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
| Attack Vector | L | Local |
| Attack Complexity | H | High |
| Privileges Required | L | Low |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | H | High |
| Integrity | H | High |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2022-11-25 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-08-13 — Last modified (NVD)
Description
An issue was discovered in the Linux kernel through 6.0.9. drivers/media/dvb-core/dvbdev.c has a use-after-free, related to dvb_register_device dynamically allocating fops.
Affected
References
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=627bb528b086b4136315c25d6a447a98ea9448d3
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-media/20221115131822.6640-1-imv4bel%40gmail.com/
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-media/20221115131822.6640-4-imv4bel%40gmail.com/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230113-0006/
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=627bb528b086b4136315c25d6a447a98ea9448d3
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-media/20221115131822.6640-1-imv4bel%40gmail.com/
- https://lore.kernel.org/linux-media/20221115131822.6640-4-imv4bel%40gmail.com/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230113-0006/