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CVE-2022-48916

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-48916 is a vulnerability in the Linux kernel that can lead to a kernel panic. This occurs when enabling Volume Management Device (VMD) in scalable mode on specific Intel platforms (e.g., Sapphire Rapids CPU), causing a "double list_add" error during system boot. The vulnerability has a CVSS v3.1 score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring local privileges, and resulting in high availability impact (system crash). There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 5.12.19, < 5.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.13.4, < 5.14CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.14, < 5.15.27CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 5.16, < 5.16.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.21%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
11.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0021 is in the 52nd 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 Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2022-48916Moderate

kernel: iommu/vt-d: Fix double list_add when enabling VMD in scalable mode

Aug 22, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/2aaa085bd012a83be7104356301828585a2253ed
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/b00833768e170a31af09268f7ab96aecfcca9623
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/d5ad4214d9c6c6e465c192789020a091282dfee7
Patch