{"cve":"CVE-2022-48870","nvd":{"published":"2024-08-21T07:15:04.143","modified":"2026-06-17T05:16:26.147","status":"Analyzed","description":"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 <TASK>\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 </TASK>\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.","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-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2da67bff29ab49caafb0766e8b8383b735ff796f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5abbeebd8296c2301023b8dc4b5a6c0d5229b4f5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64152e05a4de3ebf59f1740a0985a6d5fba0c77b"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:54:16.205165117+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-48870","score":0.0025,"percentile":0.16361,"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."]}