{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2022-48870", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2024-07-16T11:38:08.921Z", "datePublished": "2024-08-21T06:10:00.678Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T18:48:45.319Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T18:48:45.319Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntty: fix possible null-ptr-defer in spk_ttyio_release\n\nRun the following tests on the qemu platform:\n\nsyzkaller:~# modprobe speakup_audptr\n input: Speakup as /devices/virtual/input/input4\n initialized device: /dev/synth, node (MAJOR 10, MINOR 125)\n speakup 3.1.6: initialized\n synth name on entry is: (null)\n synth probe\n\nspk_ttyio_initialise_ldisc failed because tty_kopen_exclusive returned\nfailed (errno -16), then remove the module, we will get a null-ptr-defer\nproblem, as follow:\n\nsyzkaller:~# modprobe -r speakup_audptr\n releasing synth audptr\n BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000080\n #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode\n #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page\n PGD 0 P4D 0\n Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI\n CPU: 2 PID: 204 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 6.1.0-rc6-dirty #1\n RIP: 0010:mutex_lock+0x14/0x30\n Call Trace:\n \n spk_ttyio_release+0x19/0x70 [speakup]\n synth_release.part.6+0xac/0xc0 [speakup]\n synth_remove+0x56/0x60 [speakup]\n __x64_sys_delete_module+0x156/0x250\n ? fpregs_assert_state_consistent+0x1d/0x50\n do_syscall_64+0x37/0x90\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd\n \n Modules linked in: speakup_audptr(-) speakup\n Dumping ftrace buffer:\n\nin_synth->dev was not initialized during modprobe, so we add check\nfor in_synth->dev to fix this bug." } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/accessibility/speakup/spk_ttyio.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "4f2a81f3a88217e7340b2cab5c0a5ebd0112514c", "lessThan": "2da67bff29ab49caafb0766e8b8383b735ff796f", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "4f2a81f3a88217e7340b2cab5c0a5ebd0112514c", "lessThan": "64152e05a4de3ebf59f1740a0985a6d5fba0c77b", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "4f2a81f3a88217e7340b2cab5c0a5ebd0112514c", "lessThan": "5abbeebd8296c2301023b8dc4b5a6c0d5229b4f5", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/accessibility/speakup/spk_ttyio.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "5.12", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "5.12", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.15.90", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.1.8", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.2", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.12", "versionEndExcluding": "5.15.90" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.12", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.8" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.12", "versionEndExcluding": "6.2" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2da67bff29ab49caafb0766e8b8383b735ff796f" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64152e05a4de3ebf59f1740a0985a6d5fba0c77b" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5abbeebd8296c2301023b8dc4b5a6c0d5229b4f5" } ], "title": "tty: fix possible null-ptr-defer in spk_ttyio_release", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } }, "adp": [ { "metrics": [ { "other": { "type": "ssvc", "content": { "id": "CVE-2022-48870", "role": "CISA Coordinator", "options": [ { "Exploitation": "none" }, { "Automatable": "no" }, { "Technical Impact": "partial" } ], "version": "2.0.3", "timestamp": "2024-09-10T16:05:32.027830Z" } } } ], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2024-09-12T17:32:54.375Z" } } ] } }