# CVE-2022-48811: ibmvnic: don't release napi in __ibmvnic_open() > A null pointer dereference in the ibmvnic driver causes a kernel crash when handling specific network interface errors. - **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:** 16 Jul 2024 - **Updated:** 11 May 2026 - **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48811, GHSA-rwf6-2rvc-66m9, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2022-48811, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48811 ## What is CVE-2022-48811? CVE-2022-48811 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 16 Jul 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: 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 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 f9010020 60420000 e9210020 ---[ end trace 5f8033b08fd27706 ]--- Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference) ## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-48811? It affects 1 product. Products: Linux kernel. ## How do I fix CVE-2022-48811? Apply the vendor's patch. ## Is CVE-2022-48811 being exploited? There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48811 in the wild and no public exploit code. ## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel - [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild) - [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-2022-48811 and fix it if it is affected. What it is: CVE-2022-48811 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 16 Jul 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-2022-48811 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-2022-48811/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48811/index.md) ``` ## Sources - CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48811 - NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48811 - OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-48811 --- From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48811/ Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.