Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-48697

medium Nessus Plugin ID 225519

Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvmet: fix a use-after-free Fix the following use-after-free complaint triggered by blktests nvme/004: BUG: KASAN: user-memory-access in blk_mq_complete_request_remote+0xac/0x350 Read of size 4 at addr 0000607bd1835943 by task kworker/13:1/460 Workqueue: nvmet-wq nvme_loop_execute_work [nvme_loop] Call Trace: show_stack+0x52/0x58 dump_stack_lvl+0x49/0x5e print_report.cold+0x36/0x1e2 kasan_report+0xb9/0xf0 __asan_load4+0x6b/0x80 blk_mq_complete_request_remote+0xac/0x350 nvme_loop_queue_response+0x1df/0x275 [nvme_loop]
__nvmet_req_complete+0x132/0x4f0 [nvmet] nvmet_req_complete+0x15/0x40 [nvmet] nvmet_execute_io_connect+0x18a/0x1f0 [nvmet] nvme_loop_execute_work+0x20/0x30 [nvme_loop] process_one_work+0x56e/0xa70 worker_thread+0x2d1/0x640 kthread+0x183/0x1c0 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 (CVE-2022-48697)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 225519

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2022_48697.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/5/2025

Updated: 3/5/2025

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-48697

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-48697