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CVE-2022-48990

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-48990 is a use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's AMD GPU driver (amdgpu) that can occur during GPU recovery. This flaw allows a local attacker to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts, as indicated by its CVSS score of 7.8 (High). While no public exploits, Metasploit modules, or Nuclei templates are currently available, and there is minimal community discussion, the underlying CWE-416 (Use-After-Free) is a critical vulnerability type.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 6.0.13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.23%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
14.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0023 is in the 46th percentile among its peer group of 17,070 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: kernel-rt
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: kernel-rt

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2022-48990Moderate

kernel: drm/amdgpu: fix use-after-free during gpu recovery

Oct 21, 2024
microsoft2024-Oct/CVE-2022-48990Important

drm/amdgpu: fix use-after-free during gpu recovery

Oct 8, 2024

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/3cb93f390453cde4d6afda1587aaa00e75e09617
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/d2a89cd942edd50c1e652004fd64019be78b0a96
Patch