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Full vulnerability report · 2024
CVE-2022-48811High confidence

ibmvnic: don't release napi in __ibmvnic_open()

Linux · Linux

5.5MediumCVSS 3.1
Recommended action
Scheduled

Medium technical severity with no CISA KEV confirmation; remediate through the normal risk-based patch cycle unless local exposure raises the priority.

Patch available
Distribution package intelligence

Ubuntu vendor package status

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1 package state
Repository candidate not checked

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Ubuntu releaseSource packageVendor stateFixed versionEvidence
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-raspi-realtimeAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 8 Sept 2026
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Official European source

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Official EUVD identifiers, advisory evidence and known-exploited context. Missing fields are not treated as evidence of low risk.

1 current
ENISA EUVD identifier

EUVD-2022-53690

No EUVD known-exploited evidence

ENISA has published the identifier mapping but no EUVD description has been stored yet.

EUVD state
Present in the current official mapping
Known exploitation
Not present in the current ENISA EUVD known-exploited dataset. This is not proof of no exploitation.
ENISA score
Not supplied in the stored EUVD record
Advisory evidence
No linked advisory details stored yet
Recommended actionScheduled

Medium technical severity with no CISA KEV confirmation; remediate through the normal risk-based patch cycle unless local exposure raises the priority.

Patch available
01

What, why and how

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ibmvnic: don't release napi in __ibmvnic_open() If __ibmvnic_open() encounters an error such as when setting link state, it calls release_resources() which frees the napi structures needlessly. Instead, have __ibmvnic_open() only clean up the work it did so far (i.e. disable napi and irqs) and leave the rest to the callers. If caller of __ibmvnic_open() is ibmvnic_open(), it should release the resources immediately. If the caller is do_reset() or do_hard_reset(), they will release the resources on the next reset. This fixes following crash that occurred when running the drmgr command several times to add/remove a vnic interface: [102056] ibmvnic 30000003 env3: Disabling rx_scrq[6] irq [102056] ibmvnic 30000003 env3: Disabling rx_scrq[7] irq [102056] ibmvnic 30000003 env3: Replenished 8 pools Kernel attempted to read user page (10) - exploit attempt? (uid: 0) BUG: Kernel NULL pointer dereference on read at 0x00000010 Faulting instruction address: 0xc000000000a3c840 Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1] LE PAGE_SIZE=64K MMU=Radix SMP NR_CPUS=2048 NUMA pSeries ... CPU: 9 PID: 102056 Comm: kworker/9:2 Kdump: loaded Not tainted 5.16.0-rc5-autotest-g6441998e2e37 #1 Workqueue: events_long __ibmvnic_reset [ibmvnic] NIP: c000000000a3c840 LR: c0080000029b5378 CTR: c000000000a3c820 REGS: c0000000548e37e0 TRAP: 0300 Not tainted (5.16.0-rc5-autotest-g6441998e2e37) MSR: 8000000000009033 <SF,EE,ME,IR,DR,RI,LE> CR: 28248484 XER: 00000004 CFAR: c0080000029bdd24 DAR: 0000000000000010 DSISR: 40000000 IRQMASK: 0 GPR00: c0080000029b55d0 c0000000548e3a80 c0000000028f0200 0000000000000000 ... NIP [c000000000a3c840] napi_enable+0x20/0xc0 LR [c0080000029b5378] __ibmvnic_open+0xf0/0x430 [ibmvnic] Call Trace: [c0000000548e3a80] [0000000000000006] 0x6 (unreliable) [c0000000548e3ab0] [c0080000029b55d0] __ibmvnic_open+0x348/0x430 [ibmvnic] [c0000000548e3b40] [c0080000029bcc28] __ibmvnic_reset+0x500/0xdf0 [ibmvnic] [c0000000548e3c60] [c000000000176228] process_one_work+0x288/0x570 [c0000000548e3d00] [c000000000176588] worker_thread+0x78/0x660 [c0000000548e3da0] [c0000000001822f0] kthread+0x1c0/0x1d0 [c0000000548e3e10] [c00000000000cf64] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x5c/0x64 Instruction dump: 7d2948f8 792307e0 4e800020 60000000 3c4c01eb 384239e0 f821ffd1 39430010 38a0fff6 e92d1100 f9210028 39200000 <e9030010> f9010020 60420000 e9210020 ---[ end trace 5f8033b08fd27706 ]---

What

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ibmvnic: don't release napi in __ibmvnic_open() If __ibmvnic_open() encounters an error such as when setting link state, it calls release_resources() which frees the napi structures needlessly. Instead, have __ibmvnic_open() only clean up the work it did so far (i.e. disable napi and irqs) and leave the rest to the callers. If caller of __ibmvnic_open() is ibmvnic_open(), it should release the resources immediately. If the caller is do_reset() or do_hard_reset(), they will release the resources on the next reset. This fixes following crash that occurred when running the drmgr command several times to add/remove a vnic interface: [102056] ibmvnic 30000003 env3: Disabling rx_scrq[6] irq [102056] ibmvnic 30000003 env3: Disabling rx_scrq[7] irq [102056] ibmvnic 30000003 env3: Replenished 8 pools Kernel attempted to read user page (10) - exploit attempt? (uid: 0) BUG: Kernel NULL pointer dereference on read at 0x00000010 Faulting instruction address: 0xc000000000a3c840 Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1] LE PAGE_SIZE=64K MMU=Radix SMP NR_CPUS=2048 NUMA pSeries ... CPU: 9 PID: 102056 Comm: kworker/9:2 Kdump: loaded Not tainted 5.16.0-rc5-autotest-g6441998e2e37 #1 Workqueue: events_long __ibmvnic_reset [ibmvnic] NIP: c000000000a3c840 LR: c0080000029b5378 CTR: c000000000a3c820 REGS: c0000000548e37e0 TRAP: 0300 Not tainted (5.16.0-rc5-autotest-g6441998e2e37) MSR: 8000000000009033 <SF,EE,ME,IR,DR,RI,LE> CR: 28248484 XER: 00000004 CFAR: c0080000029bdd24 DAR: 0000000000000010 DSISR: 40000000 IRQMASK: 0 GPR00: c0080000029b55d0 c0000000548e3a80 c0000000028f0200 0000000000000000 ... NIP [c000000000a3c840] napi_enable+0x20/0xc0 LR [c0080000029b5378] __ibmvnic_open+0xf0/0x430 [ibmvnic] Call Trace: [c0000000548e3a80] [0000000000000006] 0x6 (unreliable) [c0000000548e3ab0] [c0080000029b55d0] __ibmvnic_open+0x348/0x430 [ibmvnic] [c0000000548e3b40] [c0080000029bcc28] __ibmvnic_reset+0x500/0xdf0 [ibmvnic] [c0000000548e3c60] [c000000000176228] process_one_work+0x288/0x570 [c0000000548e3d00] [c000000000176588] worker_thread+0x78/0x660 [c0000000548e3da0] [c0000000001822f0] kthread+0x1c0/0x1d0 [c0000000548e3e10] [c00000000000cf64] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x5c/0x64 Instruction dump: 7d2948f8 792307e0 4e800020 60000000 3c4c01eb 384239e0 f821ffd1 39430010 38a0fff6 e92d1100 f9210028 39200000 <e9030010> f9010020 60420000 e9210020 ---[ end trace 5f8033b08fd27706 ]---

Why

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may disrupt the affected service.

What

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ibmvnic: don't release napi in __ibmvnic_open() If __ibmvnic_open() encounters an error such as when setting link state, it calls release_resources() which frees the napi structures needlessly. Instead, have __ibmvnic_open() only clean up the work it did so far (i.e. disable napi and irqs) and leave the rest to the callers. If caller of __ibmvnic_open() is ibmvnic_open(), it should release the resources immediately. If the caller is do_reset() or do_hard_reset(), they will release the resources on the next reset. This fixes following crash that occurred when running the drmgr command several times to add/remove a vnic interface: [102056] ibmvnic 30000003 env3: Disabling rx_scrq[6] irq [102056] ibmvnic 30000003 env3: Disabling rx_scrq[7] irq [102056] ibmvnic 30000003 env3: Replenished 8 pools Kernel attempted to read user page (10) - exploit attempt? (uid: 0) BUG: Kernel NULL pointer dereference on read at 0x00000010 Faulting instruction address: 0xc000000000a3c840 Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1] LE PAGE_SIZE=64K MMU=Radix SMP NR_CPUS=2048 NUMA pSeries ... CPU: 9 PID: 102056 Comm: kworker/9:2 Kdump: loaded Not tainted 5.16.0-rc5-autotest-g6441998e2e37 #1 Workqueue: events_long __ibmvnic_reset [ibmvnic] NIP: c000000000a3c840 LR: c0080000029b5378 CTR: c000000000a3c820 REGS: c0000000548e37e0 TRAP: 0300 Not tainted (5.16.0-rc5-autotest-g6441998e2e37) MSR: 8000000000009033 <SF,EE,ME,IR,DR,RI,LE> CR: 28248484 XER: 00000004 CFAR: c0080000029bdd24 DAR: 0000000000000010 DSISR: 40000000 IRQMASK: 0 GPR00: c0080000029b55d0 c0000000548e3a80 c0000000028f0200 0000000000000000 ... NIP [c000000000a3c840] napi_enable+0x20/0xc0 LR [c0080000029b5378] __ibmvnic_open+0xf0/0x430 [ibmvnic] Call Trace: [c0000000548e3a80] [0000000000000006] 0x6 (unreliable) [c0000000548e3ab0] [c0080000029b55d0] __ibmvnic_open+0x348/0x430 [ibmvnic] [c0000000548e3b40] [c0080000029bcc28] __ibmvnic_reset+0x500/0xdf0 [ibmvnic] [c0000000548e3c60] [c000000000176228] process_one_work+0x288/0x570 [c0000000548e3d00] [c000000000176588] worker_thread+0x78/0x660 [c0000000548e3da0] [c0000000001822f0] kthread+0x1c0/0x1d0 [c0000000548e3e10] [c00000000000cf64] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x5c/0x64 Instruction dump: 7d2948f8 792307e0 4e800020 60000000 3c4c01eb 384239e0 f821ffd1 39430010 38a0fff6 e92d1100 f9210028 39200000 <e9030010> f9010020 60420000 e9210020 ---[ end trace 5f8033b08fd27706 ]---

Why

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may disrupt the affected service.

02

Exploit reality and attack path

CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.

Observed exploitation
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
No confirmed evidence

No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.

Public PoC / exploit material
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
None recorded

No exploit-tagged reference or CISA SSVC proof-of-concept state is currently recorded. Research may still exist outside the structured feeds.

Likely attack path
local access → NULL Pointer Dereference → disrupt the affected service
Attack surface
Local
Privileges required
Low: a basic authenticated account is required
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low: no specialised conditions are recorded
Security boundary
Unchanged: impact remains within the vulnerable component's security authority
Weakness
?CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration: a standard category for the underlying weakness.
CWE-476

CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference. The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

CVSS vector
?CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Common Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.

AVLocalAttack vector: The attacker needs local access to the vulnerable system.ACLowAttack complexity: No specialised conditions are required beyond attacker-controlled input.PRLowPrivileges required: The attacker needs basic user-level privileges.UINoneUser interaction: No action by another user is required.SUnchangedScope: The security impact remains within the vulnerable component's authority.CNoneConfidentiality impact: No direct loss is represented by this metric.INoneIntegrity impact: No direct loss is represented by this metric.AHighAvailability impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.
Post-exploitation / living off the land
The issue can support a local privilege or sandbox boundary transition; normal system utilities may then be available in the gained context.
Denial of serviceCWE-476
A

Official authority intelligence

Only matched European and national findings are included. Language selectors and unavailable sources are omitted.

BSI · German · WID-SEC-W-2024-1625Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen nicht spezifizierten Angriff

Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen im Linux Kernel ausnutzen, um einen nicht näher spezifizierten Angriff durchzuführen.

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2024-AVI-0800Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

d?id=CVE-2022-48786 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48787 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48787 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48788 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48788 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48789 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48789 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48790 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48790 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48791 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48791 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48798 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48798 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48802 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48802 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48805 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48805 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48811 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48811 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48822 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48822 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48823 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48823 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48824 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48824 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48827 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48827 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48834 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48834 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48835 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48835 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48836 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48836 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48837 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2024-AVI-0779Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

d?id=CVE-2022-48786 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48787 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48787 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48788 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48788 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48789 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48789 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48790 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48790 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48798 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48798 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48802 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48802 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48805 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48805 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48808 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48808 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48811 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48811 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48822 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48822 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48823 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48823 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48824 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48824 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48827 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48827 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48834 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48834 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48835 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48835 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48836 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48836 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48837 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2024-AVI-0717Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

d?id=CVE-2022-48801 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48802 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48802 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48803 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48803 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48804 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48804 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48805 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48805 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48806 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48806 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48807 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48807 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48809 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48809 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48810 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48810 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48811 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48811 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48812 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48812 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48813 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48813 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48814 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48814 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48815 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48815 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48816 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48816 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48817 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48817 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48818 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48818 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48820 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2024-AVI-0693Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

d?id=CVE-2022-48801 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48802 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48802 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48803 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48803 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48804 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48804 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48805 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48805 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48806 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48806 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48807 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48807 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48809 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48809 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48810 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48810 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48811 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48811 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48812 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48812 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48813 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48813 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48814 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48814 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48815 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48815 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48816 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48816 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48817 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48817 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48818 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48818 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48820 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory
03

Patch and workaround

Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.

Status
?Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Patch available
Affected
ed651a10875f13135a5f59c1bae4d51b377b3925 < 960dfaf3b578dd23af012590e809ae2d58ba1827; ed651a10875f13135a5f59c1bae4d51b377b3925 < e08cb9056fb2564d1f6bad789bdf79ab09bf2f81; ed651a10875f13135a5f59c1bae4d51b377b3925 < 61772b0908c640d0309c40f7d41d062ca4e979fa; 4.12
Fixed
< 4.12; 5.15.27 ≤ 5.15.*; 5.16.10 ≤ 5.16.*; 5.17 ≤ *
Action
Review the linked authoritative reference and apply the recorded fixed release appropriate to the affected product branch.
Workaround
No verified workaround is recorded. Limit untrusted access and use least privilege until authoritative guidance is available.
04

Evidence and provenance

Published 16 Jul 2024 · Last source change 11 May 2026, 18:47 UTC · CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE recordCVE.org · 5.2
CVSS sourceNIST NVD
EPSS source
?The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.
FIRST · tracked since 2026-08-14
European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2022-53690
Product sourceCNA
Remediation sourceCVE/CNA references
CWE sourceNIST NVD
NVD statusNVD enriched

Core structured fields are present and their contributing authorities are shown above.

Material change intelligence

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Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
CWE
Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
CNA
CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
CISA ADP
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
NVD
National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
CERT / CSIRT
A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
PoC
Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
CSAF
Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
LoTL
Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.
Free version - for non-commercial use only.CVE-2022-48811 · cve.blacktree.nl