In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

selinux: fix double free of cond_list on error paths

On error path from cond_read_list() and duplicate_policydb_cond_list()
the cond_list_destroy() gets called a second time in caller functions,
resulting in NULL pointer deref. Fix this by resetting the
cond_list_len to 0 in cond_list_destroy(), making subsequent calls a
noop.

Also consistently reset the cond_list pointer to NULL after freeing.

[PM: fix line lengths in the description]

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00019.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
Linux Linux unaffected
Version Status Constraints
60abd3181db29ea81742106cc0ac2e27fd05b418 affected < f446089a268c8fc6908488e991d28a9b936293db
60abd3181db29ea81742106cc0ac2e27fd05b418 affected < 70caa32e6d81f45f0702070c0e4dfe945e92fbd7
60abd3181db29ea81742106cc0ac2e27fd05b418 affected < 7ed9cbf7ac0d4ed86b356e1b944304ae9ee450d4
60abd3181db29ea81742106cc0ac2e27fd05b418 affected < 186edf7e368c40d06cf727a1ad14698ea67b74ad
Linux Linux affected
Version Status Constraints
5.7 affected —
0 unaffected < 5.7
5.10.99 unaffected ≤ 5.10.*
5.15.22 unaffected ≤ 5.15.*
5.16.8 unaffected ≤ 5.16.*
5.17 unaffected ≤ *

Configuration 1 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/186edf7e368c40d06cf727a1ad14698ea67b74ad cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70caa32e6d81f45f0702070c0e4dfe945e92fbd7 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ed9cbf7ac0d4ed86b356e1b944304ae9ee450d4 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f446089a268c8fc6908488e991d28a9b936293db cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024062002-CVE-2022-48740-a623@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48740 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48740 cve-icon
History

Tue, 27 May 2025 19:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

Thu, 19 Dec 2024 09:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Mon, 19 Aug 2024 17:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-23T13:20:17.278Z

Reserved: 2024-06-20T11:09:39.054Z

Link: CVE-2022-48740

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T15:25:01.573Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2024-06-20T12:15:12.330

Modified: 2025-05-27T18:31:42.603

Link: CVE-2022-48740

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2024-06-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-48740 - Bugzilla

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