{"cve":"CVE-2022-48768","nvd":{"published":"2024-06-20T12:15:14.783","modified":"2026-06-17T05:16:08.900","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntracing/histogram: Fix a potential memory leak for kstrdup()\n\nkfree() is missing on an error path to free the memory allocated by\nkstrdup():\n\n  p = param = kstrdup(data->params[i], GFP_KERNEL);\n\nSo it is better to free it via kfree(p).","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-401"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a8878ebb596281f50fc0b9a6e1f23f0d7f154e8","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d71b06aa995007eafd247626d0669b9364c42ad7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df86e2fe808c3536a9dba353cc2bebdfea00d0cf","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e33fa4a46ee22de88a700e2e3d033da8214a5175","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e629e7b525a179e29d53463d992bdee759c950fb"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:52:00.836172422+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-48768","score":0.0021,"percentile":0.11181,"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."]}