{"cve":"CVE-2022-48720","nvd":{"published":"2024-06-20T11:15:55.547","modified":"2026-08-04T10:17:17.480","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: macsec: Fix offload support for NETDEV_UNREGISTER event\n\nCurrent macsec netdev notify handler handles NETDEV_UNREGISTER event by\nreleasing relevant SW resources only, this causes resources leak in case\nof macsec HW offload, as the underlay driver was not notified to clean\nit's macsec offload resources.\n\nFix by calling the underlay driver to clean it's relevant resources\nby moving offload handling from macsec_dellink() to macsec_common_dellink()\nwhen handling NETDEV_UNREGISTER event.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e7f5b6ee1a7a2c628253a95b0a95b582901ef1b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8299be160aad8548071d080518712dec0df92bd5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cef24c8b76c1f6effe499d2f131807c90f7ce9a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7a0b3a0806dae3cc81931f0e83055ca2ac6f455","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e7f5b6ee1a7a2c628253a95b0a95b582901ef1b"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:52:00.836172422+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-48720","score":0.00229,"percentile":0.13768,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}