drm/nouveau: fix off by one in BIOS boundary checking
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 4 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-193 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/nouveau: fix off by one in BIOS boundary checking Bounds checking when parsing init scripts embedded in the BIOS reject access to the last byte. This causes driver initialization to fail on Apple eMac's with GeForce 2 MX GPUs, leaving the system with no working console. This is probably only seen on OpenFirmware machines like PowerPC Macs because the BIOS image provided by OF is only the used parts of the ROM, not a power-of-two blocks read from PCI directly so PCs always have empty bytes at the end that are never accessed.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 4.8 and later | 4.9.300, 4.14.265, 4.19.228, 5.4.178, 5.10.99, 5.15.22, 5.16.8, 5.17 | Patch available | CNA |
- Linux VendorLinux Affected 4.8 and later Fixed in 4.9.300, 4.14.265, 4.19.228, 5.4.178, 5.10.99, 5.15.22, 5.16.8, 5.17 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.8 to before 4.9.300; 4.10 to before 4.14.265; 4.15 to before 4.19.228; 4.20 to before 5.4.178; 5.5 to before 5.10.99; 5.11 to before 5.15.22; 5.16 to before 5.16.8 | Vulnerable | Linux |
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.8 to before 4.9.300; 4.10 to before 4.14.265; 4.15 to before 4.19.228; 4.20 to before 5.4.178; 5.5 to before 5.10.99; 5.11 to before 5.15.22; 5.16 to before 5.16.8 Vulnerable ·Linux
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 4.9.300, 4.14.265, 4.19.228, 5.4.178, 5.10.99, 5.15.22, 5.16.8, 5.17
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-48732
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vjh8-wgcx-46j4
References
Patch 8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4b746e60fd8eaa8016e144223abe91158edcdad
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/909d3ec1bf9f0ec534bfc081b77c0836fea7b0e2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2a21669ee98aafc41c6d42ef15af4dab9e6e882
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/acc887ba88333f5fec49631f12d8cc7ebd95781c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f071d9fa857582d7bd77f4906691f73d3edeab73
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d877e814a62b7de9069aeff8bc1d979dfc996e06
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7c36fa8a1e63b08312162179c78a0c7795ea369
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b777d4d9e383d2744fc9b3a09af6ec1893c8b1a
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Sources
- CVE-2022-48732 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-48732 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vjh8-wgcx-46j4 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2022-48732 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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