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CVE-2022-48896
ixgbe: fix pci device refcount leak
Medium5.5EPSS 0.24%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- Linux
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ixgbe: fix pci device refcount leak As the comment of pci_get_domain_bus_and_slot() says, it returns a PCI device with refcount incremented, when finish using it, the caller must decrement the reference count by calling pci_dev_put(). In ixgbe_get_first_secondary_devfn() and ixgbe_x550em_a_has_mii(), pci_dev_put() is called to avoid leak.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.24% · top 85% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 8fa10ef01260937eb540b4e9bbc3efa023595993 – < 53cefa802f070d46c0c518f4865be2c749818a18
- affected 8fa10ef01260937eb540b4e9bbc3efa023595993 – < 112df4cd2b09acd64bcd18f5ef83ba5d07b34bf0
- affected 8fa10ef01260937eb540b4e9bbc3efa023595993 – < 4c93422a54cd6a349988f42e1c6bf082cf4ea9d8
- affected 8fa10ef01260937eb540b4e9bbc3efa023595993 – < c49996c6aa03590e4ef5add8772cb6068d99fd59
- affected 8fa10ef01260937eb540b4e9bbc3efa023595993 – < b93fb4405fcb5112c5739c5349afb52ec7f15c07
- affected 5.0
- unaffected < 5.0
- unaffected 5.4.229 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.164 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.89 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.7 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.2 – ≤ *
References (5)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53cefa802f070d46c0c518f4865be2c749818a18 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/112df4cd2b09acd64bcd18f5ef83ba5d07b34bf0 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c93422a54cd6a349988f42e1c6bf082cf4ea9d8 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c49996c6aa03590e4ef5add8772cb6068d99fd59 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b93fb4405fcb5112c5739c5349afb52ec7f15c07 (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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