CVE-2022-48886: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: Add check for kzalloc Add the check for the return value of kzalloc in order to avoid NULL pointer dereference. Moreover, use the goto-label to share the clean code.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 6.0, before 6.1.7 (fixed in 6.1.7); version 6.2 only

Published 2024-08-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.