Cybersecurity professionals consider CVE-2022-48652 an immediate threat requiring urgent mitigation.
Status: Modified
Last updated: 🕙 04 Aug 2026, 10:17 UTC
Originally published on: 🕐 28 Apr 2024, 13:15 UTC
Time between publication and last update: 827 days
CVSS Release: version 3
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Secondary
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2022-48652: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: Fix crash by keep old cfg when update TCs more than queues There are problems if allocated queues less than Traffic Classes. Commit a632b2a4c920 ("ice: ethtool: Prohibit improper channel config for DCB") already disallow setting less queues than TCs. Another case is if we first set less queues, and later update more TCs config due to LLDP, ice_vsi_cfg_tc() will failed but left dirty num_txq/rxq and tc_cfg in vsi, that will cause invalid pointer access. [ 95.968089] ice 0000:3b:00.1: More TCs defined than queues/rings allocated. [ 95.968092] ice 0000:3b:00.1: Trying to use more Rx queues (8), than were allocated (1)! [ 95.968093] ice 0000:3b:00.1: Failed to config TC for VSI index: 0 [ 95.969621] general protection fault: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI [ 95.969705] CPU: 1 PID: 58405 Comm: lldpad Kdump: loaded Tainted: G U W O --------- -t - 4.18.0 #1 [ 95.969867] Hardware name: O.E.M/BC11SPSCB10, BIOS 8.23 12/30/2021 [ 95.969992] RIP: 0010:devm_kmalloc+0xa/0x60 [ 95.970052] Code: 5c ff ff ff 31 c0 5b 5d 41 5c c3 b8 f4 ff ff ff eb f4 0f 1f 40 00 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 89 d1 <8b> 97 60 02 00 00 48 8d 7e 18 48 39 f7 72 3f 55 89 ce 53 48 8b 4c [ 95.970344] RSP: 0018:ffffc9003f553888 EFLAGS: 00010206 [ 95.970425] RAX: dead000000000200 RBX: ffffea003c425b00 RCX: 00000000006080c0 [ 95.970536] RDX: 00000000006080c0 RSI: 0000000000000200 RDI: dead000000000200 [ 95.970648] RBP: dead000000000200 R08: 00000000000463c0 R09: ffff888ffa900000 [ 95.970760] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000002 R12: ffff888ff6b40100 [ 95.970870] R13: ffff888ff6a55018 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff888ff6a55460 [ 95.970981] FS: 00007f51b7d24700(0000) GS:ffff88903ee80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 95.971108] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 95.971197] CR2: 00007fac5410d710 CR3: 0000000f2c1de002 CR4: 00000000007606e0 [ 95.971309] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 95.971419] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ 95.971530] PKRU: 55555554 [ 95.971573] Call Trace: [ 95.971622] ice_setup_rx_ring+0x39/0x110 [ice] [ 95.971695] ice_vsi_setup_rx_rings+0x54/0x90 [ice] [ 95.971774] ice_vsi_open+0x25/0x120 [ice] [ 95.971843] ice_open_internal+0xb8/0x1f0 [ice] [ 95.971919] ice_ena_vsi+0x4f/0xd0 [ice] [ 95.971987] ice_dcb_ena_dis_vsi.constprop.5+0x29/0x90 [ice] [ 95.972082] ice_pf_dcb_cfg+0x29a/0x380 [ice] [ 95.972154] ice_dcbnl_setets+0x174/0x1b0 [ice] [ 95.972220] dcbnl_ieee_set+0x89/0x230 [ 95.972279] ? dcbnl_ieee_del+0x150/0x150 [ 95.972341] dcb_doit+0x124/0x1b0 [ 95.972392] rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x243/0x2f0 [ 95.972457] ? dcb_doit+0x14d/0x1b0 [ 95.972510] ? __kmalloc_node_track_caller+0x1d3/0x280 [ 95.972591] ? rtnl_calcit.isra.31+0x100/0x100 [ 95.972661] netlink_rcv_skb+0xcf/0xf0 [ 95.972720] netlink_unicast+0x16d/0x220 [ 95.972781] netlink_sendmsg+0x2ba/0x3a0 [ 95.975891] sock_sendmsg+0x4c/0x50 [ 95.979032] ___sys_sendmsg+0x2e4/0x300 [ 95.982147] ? kmem_cache_alloc+0x13e/0x190 [ 95.985242] ? __wake_up_common_lock+0x79/0x90 [ 95.988338] ? __check_object_size+0xac/0x1b0 [ 95.991440] ? _copy_to_user+0x22/0x30 [ 95.994539] ? move_addr_to_user+0xbb/0xd0 [ 95.997619] ? __sys_sendmsg+0x53/0x80 [ 96.000664] __sys_sendmsg+0x53/0x80 [ 96.003747] do_syscall_64+0x5b/0x1d0 [ 96.006862] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x65/0xca Only update num_txq/rxq when passed check, and restore tc_cfg if setup queue map failed.
The exploitability of CVE-2022-48652 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).
With low attack complexity and no required privileges, CVE-2022-48652 is an easy target for cybercriminals. Organizations should prioritize immediate mitigation measures to prevent unauthorized access and data breaches.
A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.
Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.
Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.
Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2022-48652, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.
Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2022-48652, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.
The EPSS score estimates the probability that this vulnerability will be exploited in the near future.
EPSS Score: 0.043% (probability of exploit)
EPSS Percentile: 12.0%
(lower percentile = lower relative risk)
This vulnerability is less risky than approximately 88.0% of others.
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