# CVE-2022-48728: IB/hfi1: Fix AIP early init panic

> A null pointer dereference in the IB/hfi1 driver causes a kernel panic during early initialization, leading to a denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 20 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48728, GHSA-mfmr-68wm-65f9, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48728

## What is CVE-2022-48728?

CVE-2022-48728 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 20 Jun 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

IB/hfi1: Fix AIP early init panic

An early failure in hfi1_ipoib_setup_rn() can lead to the following panic:

  BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 00000000000001b0
  PGD 0 P4D 0
  Oops: 0002 [#1] SMP NOPTI
  Workqueue: events work_for_cpu_fn
  RIP: 0010:try_to_grab_pending+0x2b/0x140
  Code: 1f 44 00 00 41 55 41 54 55 48 89 d5 53 48 89 fb 9c 58 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 c2 fa 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 55 00 40 84 f6 75 77 <f0> 48 0f ba 2b 00 72 09 31 c0 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d c3 48 89 df e8 6c
  RSP: 0018:ffffb6b3cf7cfa48 EFLAGS: 00010046
  RAX: 0000000000000246 RBX: 00000000000001b0 RCX: 0000000000000000
  RDX: 0000000000000246 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 00000000000001b0
  RBP: ffffb6b3cf7cfa70 R08: 0000000000000f09 R09: 0000000000000001
  R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000000
  R13: ffffb6b3cf7cfa90 R14: ffffffff9b2fbfc0 R15: ffff8a4fdf244690
  FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8a527f400000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
  CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
  CR2: 00000000000001b0 CR3: 00000017e2410003 CR4: 00000000007706f0
  DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
  DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
  PKRU: 55555554
  Call Trace:
   __cancel_work_timer+0x42/0x190
   ? dev_printk_emit+0x4e/0x70
   iowait_cancel_work+0x15/0x30 [hfi1]
   hfi1_ipoib_txreq_deinit+0x5a/0x220 [hfi1]
   ? dev_err+0x6c/0x90
   hfi1_ipoib_netdev_dtor+0x15/0x30 [hfi1]
   hfi1_ipoib_setup_rn+0x10e/0x150 [hfi1]
   rdma_init_netdev+0x5a/0x80 [ib_core]
   ? hfi1_ipoib_free_rdma_netdev+0x20/0x20 [hfi1]
   ipoib_intf_init+0x6c/0x350 [ib_ipoib]
   ipoib_intf_alloc+0x5c/0xc0 [ib_ipoib]
   ipoib_add_one+0xbe/0x300 [ib_ipoib]
   add_client_context+0x12c/0x1a0 [ib_core]
   enable_device_and_get+0xdc/0x1d0 [ib_core]
   ib_register_device+0x572/0x6b0 [ib_core]
   rvt_register_device+0x11b/0x220 [rdmavt]
   hfi1_register_ib_device+0x6b4/0x770 [hfi1]
   do_init_one.isra.20+0x3e3/0x680 [hfi1]
   local_pci_probe+0x41/0x90
   work_for_cpu_fn+0x16/0x20
   process_one_work+0x1a7/0x360
   ? create_worker+0x1a0/0x1a0
   worker_thread+0x1cf/0x390
   ? create_worker+0x1a0/0x1a0
   kthread+0x116/0x130
   ? kthread_flush_work_fn+0x10/0x10
   ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x40

The panic happens in hfi1_ipoib_txreq_deinit() because there is a NULL
deref when hfi1_ipoib_netdev_dtor() is called in this error case.

hfi1_ipoib_txreq_init() and hfi1_ipoib_rxq_init() are self unwinding so
fix by adjusting the error paths accordingly.

Other changes:
- hfi1_ipoib_free_rdma_netdev() is deleted including the free_netdev()
  since the netdev core code deletes calls free_netdev()
- The switch to the accelerated entrances is moved to the success path.

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-48728?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-48728?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-48728 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48728 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-48728 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-48728 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 20 Jun 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48728 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48728/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48728/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48728
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48728
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-48728

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