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CVE-2022-48879

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5 EPSS 0.24%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2024-08-21 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5. It affects Linux.

CVE
CVE-2022-48879
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
5.5
EPSS
0.24%
Linux

Original NVD Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: efi: fix NULL-deref in init error path In cases where runtime services are not supported or have been disabled, the runtime services workqueue will never have been allocated. Do not try to destroy the workqueue unconditionally in the unlikely event that EFI initialisation fails to avoid dereferencing a NULL pointer.

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