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CVE-2022-48818

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-48818 is a vulnerability in the Linux kernel's net: dsa: mv88e6xxx driver that can lead to a system panic during shutdown. This occurs because the mdiobus_free() function is incorrectly called via devm_mdiobus_free() when the MDIO bus was not previously unregistered, specifically when the DSA master is on a bus that calls ->remove from ->shutdown. The vulnerability is rated as Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), with a local attack vector and low attack complexity, potentially resulting in high availability impact (system crash). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.9, < 5.10.101CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.11, < 5.15.24CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 5.16.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
19.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0027 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel
redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-48818Low

kernel: net: dsa: mv88e6xxx: don&#39;t use devres for mdiobus

Jul 16, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/1b451c3994a2d322f8e55032c62c8b47b7d95900
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/8b626d45127d6f5ada7d815b83cfdc09e8cb1394
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/8ccebe77df6e0d88c72ba5e69cf1835927e53b6c
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/f53a2ce893b2c7884ef94471f170839170a4eba0
Patch