Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-48916

medium Nessus Plugin ID 244756

Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

- In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/vt-d: Fix double list_add when enabling VMD in scalable mode When enabling VMD and IOMMU scalable mode, the following kernel panic call trace/kernel log is shown in Eagle Stream platform (Sapphire Rapids CPU) during booting: pci 0000:59:00.5:
Adding to iommu group 42 ... vmd 0000:59:00.5: PCI host bridge to bus 10000:80 pci 10000:80:01.0:
[8086:352a] type 01 class 0x060400 pci 10000:80:01.0: reg 0x10: [mem 0x00000000-0x0001ffff 64bit] pci 10000:80:01.0: enabling Extended Tags pci 10000:80:01.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold pci 10000:80:01.0: DMAR: Setup RID2PASID failed pci 10000:80:01.0: Failed to add to iommu group 42: -16 pci 10000:80:03.0: [8086:352b] type 01 class 0x060400 pci 10000:80:03.0: reg 0x10: [mem 0x00000000-0x0001ffff 64bit] pci 10000:80:03.0: enabling Extended Tags pci 10000:80:03.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:29! invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI CPU: 0 PID: 7 Comm: kworker/0:1 Not tainted 5.17.0-rc3+ #7 Hardware name: Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650V3/SB27A86647, BIOS ESE101Y-1.00 01/13/2022 Workqueue: events work_for_cpu_fn RIP:
0010:__list_add_valid.cold+0x26/0x3f Code: 9a 4a ab ff 4c 89 c1 48 c7 c7 40 0c d9 9e e8 b9 b1 fe ff 0f 0b 48 89 f2 4c 89 c1 48 89 fe 48 c7 c7 f0 0c d9 9e e8 a2 b1 fe ff <0f> 0b 48 89 d1 4c 89 c6 4c 89 ca 48 c7 c7 98 0c d9 9e e8 8b b1 fe RSP: 0000:ff5ad434865b3a40 EFLAGS: 00010246 RAX: 0000000000000058 RBX:
ff4d61160b74b880 RCX: ff4d61255e1fffa8 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 00000000fffeffff RDI: ffffffff9fd34f20 RBP: ff4d611d8e245c00 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ff5ad434865b3888 R10: ff5ad434865b3880 R11:
ff4d61257fdc6fe8 R12: ff4d61160b74b8a0 R13: ff4d61160b74b8a0 R14: ff4d611d8e245c10 R15: ff4d611d8001ba70 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ff4d611d5ea00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: ff4d611fa1401000 CR3: 0000000aa0210001 CR4: 0000000000771ef0 DR0:
0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe07f0 DR7: 0000000000000400 PKRU: 55555554 Call Trace: <TASK> intel_pasid_alloc_table+0x9c/0x1d0 dmar_insert_one_dev_info+0x423/0x540 ? device_to_iommu+0x12d/0x2f0 intel_iommu_attach_device+0x116/0x290
__iommu_attach_device+0x1a/0x90 iommu_group_add_device+0x190/0x2c0 __iommu_probe_device+0x13e/0x250 iommu_probe_device+0x24/0x150 iommu_bus_notifier+0x69/0x90 blocking_notifier_call_chain+0x5a/0x80 device_add+0x3db/0x7b0 ? arch_memremap_can_ram_remap+0x19/0x50 ? memremap+0x75/0x140 pci_device_add+0x193/0x1d0 pci_scan_single_device+0xb9/0xf0 pci_scan_slot+0x4c/0x110 pci_scan_child_bus_extend+0x3a/0x290 vmd_enable_domain.constprop.0+0x63e/0x820 vmd_probe+0x163/0x190 local_pci_probe+0x42/0x80 work_for_cpu_fn+0x13/0x20 process_one_work+0x1e2/0x3b0 worker_thread+0x1c4/0x3a0 ? rescuer_thread+0x370/0x370 kthread+0xc7/0xf0 ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 </TASK> Modules linked in: ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- ... Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception Kernel Offset: 0x1ca00000 from 0xffffffff81000000 (relocation range:
0xffffffff80000000-0xffffffffbfffffff) ---[ end Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception ]--- The following 'lspci' output shows devices '10000:80:*' are subdevices of the VMD device 0000:59:00.5: $ lspci ... 0000:59:00.5 RAID bus controller: Intel Corporation Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller (rev 20) ... 10000:80:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 352a (rev 03) 10000:80:03.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 352b (rev 03) 10000:80:05.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 352c (rev 03) 10000:80:07.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 352d (rev 03) 10000:81:00.0 Non-Volatile memory controller: Intel Corporation NVMe Datacenter SSD [3DNAND, Beta Rock Controller] 10000:82:00
---truncated--- (CVE-2022-48916)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-48916

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 244756

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2022_48916.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 8/7/2025

Updated: 8/7/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-48916

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-6.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-hwe-6.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oracle-5.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oracle-5.13, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-riscv-6.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gcp-5.11, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-5.19, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gcp-5.19, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-6.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-riscv-5.11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-riscv, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem-5.17, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gcp, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gke-5.15, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-hwe, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-starfive-6.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oracle-5.3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-hwe-edge, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-intel-5.13, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gcp-6.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-riscv-5.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-starfive-5.19, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gcp-5.3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-raspi-realtime, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gke, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-hwe-6.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-5.19, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gkeop-5.4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-allwinner-5.19, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-5.13, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-6.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-hwe-5.11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-5.3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-5.11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-edge, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-fde, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-5.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-nvidia-6.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-aws-5.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem-5.13, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oracle-6.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-5.3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem-6.0, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-raspi2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-intel-iot-realtime, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gke-5.4, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gcp-6.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-6.2, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-5.11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem-5.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-5.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-hwe-5.19, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gcp-5.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-realtime, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-5.13, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gcp-5.13, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem-5.6, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-hwe-5.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gkeop, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oracle-5.11, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem-6.1, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oracle-5.8, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-hwe-5.13, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-riscv-5.19, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-gke-4.15, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-starfive-6.2, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem-6.5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-oem-5.14, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-fde-5.19, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:linux-azure-fde-6.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/22/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-48916