CVE-2022-48754 phylib: fix potential use-after-free

What is CVE-2022-48754?

CVE-2022-48754 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 20 Jun 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

phylib: fix potential use-after-free

Commit bafbdd527d56 ("phylib: Add device reset GPIO support") added call to phy_device_reset(phydev) after the put_device() call in phy_detach().

The comment before the put_device() call says that the phydev might go away with put_device().

Fix potential use-after-free by calling phy_device_reset() before put_device().

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-48754?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-48754?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2022-48754 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48754 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48754, GHSA-9wpf-m764-qmf8, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48754.