{"cve":"CVE-2022-48879","nvd":{"published":"2024-08-21T07:15:04.690","modified":"2026-06-17T05:16:30.947","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nefi: fix NULL-deref in init error path\n\nIn cases where runtime services are not supported or have been disabled,\nthe runtime services workqueue will never have been allocated.\n\nDo not try to destroy the workqueue unconditionally in the unlikely\nevent that EFI initialisation fails to avoid dereferencing a NULL\npointer.","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/4ca71bc0e1995d15486cd7b60845602a28399cb5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/585a0b2b3ae7903c6abee3087d09c69e955a7794","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5fcf75a8a4c3e7ee9122d143684083c9faf20452","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/703c13fe3c9af557d312f5895ed6a5fda2711104","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/adc96d30f6503d30dc68670c013716f1d9fcc747"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:54:16.205165117+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-48879","score":0.0024,"percentile":0.15133,"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."]}