{"cve":"CVE-2022-48882","nvd":{"published":"2024-08-21T07:15:04.863","modified":"2026-06-17T05:16:31.370","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet/mlx5e: Fix macsec possible null dereference when updating MAC security entity (SecY)\n\nUpon updating MAC security entity (SecY) in hw offload path, the macsec\nsecurity association (SA) initialization routine is called. In case of\nextended packet number (epn) is enabled the salt and ssci attributes are\nretrieved using the MACsec driver rx_sa context which is unavailable when\nupdating a SecY property such as encoding-sa hence the null dereference.\nFix by using the provided SA to set those attributes.","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/514d9c6a39213d8200884e70f60ce7faef1ee597","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9828994ac492e8e7de47fe66097b7e665328f348"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:54:16.205165117+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-48882","score":0.00205,"percentile":0.10544,"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."]}