CVE-2022-48958: 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: ethernet: aeroflex: fix potential skb leak in greth_init_rings() The greth_init_rings() function won't free the newly allocated skb when dma_mapping_error() returns error, so add dev_kfree_skb() to fix it. Compile tested only.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 2.6.34, before 4.9.336 (fixed in 4.9.336); from 4.10, before 4.14.302 (fixed in 4.14.302); from 4.15, before 4.19.269 (fixed in 4.19.269); from 4.20, before 5.4.227 (fixed in 5.4.227); from 5.5, before 5.10.159 (fixed in 5.10.159); from 5.11, before 5.15.83 (fixed in 5.15.83); …

Published 2024-10-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.