Answer in brief
CVE-2022-48954 records a High severity (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in s390/qeth: fix use-after-free in hsci. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 8.8. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc8:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=f7936b7b2663c99a096a5c432ba96ab1e91a6c0f <db6343a5b0d9661f2dd76f653c6d274d38234d2b || >=f7936b7b2663c99a096a5c432ba96ab1e91a6c0f <bde0dfc7c4569406a6ddeec363d04a1df7b3073f || >=f7936b7b2663c99a096a5c432ba96ab1e91a6c0f <ebaaadc332cd21e9df4dcf9ce12552d9354bbbe4 | db6343a5b0d9661f2dd76f653c6d274d38234d2b, bde0dfc7c4569406a6ddeec363d04a1df7b3073f, ebaaadc332cd21e9df4dcf9ce12552d9354bbbe4 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 5.15 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Oct 21, 2024
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Aug 5, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Aug 4, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/qeth: fix use-after-free in hsci KASAN found that addr was dereferenced after br2dev_event_work was freed. ================================================================== BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in qeth_l2_br2dev_worker+0x5ba/0x6b0 Read of size 1 at addr 00000000fdcea440 by task kworker/u760:4/540 CPU: 17 PID: 540 Comm: kworker/u760:4 Tainted: G E 6.1.0-20221128.rc7.git1.5aa3bed4ce83.300.fc36.s390x+kasan #1 Hardware name: IBM 8561 T01 703 (LPAR) Workqueue: 0.0.8000_event qeth_l2_br2dev_worker Call Trace: [<000000016944d4ce>] dump_stack_lvl+0xc6/0xf8 [<000000016942cd9c>] print_address_description.constprop.0+0x34/0x2a0 [<000000016942d118>] print_report+0x110/0x1f8 [<0000000167a7bd04>] kasan_report+0xfc/0x128 [<000000016938d79a>] qeth_l2_br2dev_worker+0x5ba/0x6b0 [<00000001673edd1e>] process_one_work+0x76e/0x1128 [<00000001673ee85c>] worker_thread+0x184/0x1098 [<000000016740718a>] kthread+0x26a/0x310 [<00000001672c606a>] __ret_from_fork+0x8a/0xe8 [<00000001694711da>] ret_from_fork+0xa/0x40 Allocated by task 108338: kasan_save_stack+0x40/0x68 kasan_set_track+0x36/0x48 __kasan_kmalloc+0xa0/0xc0 qeth_l2_switchdev_event+0x25a/0x738 atomic_notifier_call_chain+0x9c/0xf8 br_switchdev_fdb_notify+0xf4/0x110 fdb_notify+0x122/0x180 fdb_add_entry.constprop.0.isra.0+0x312/0x558 br_fdb_add+0x59e/0x858 rtnl_fdb_add+0x58a/0x928 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x5f8/0x8d8 netlink_rcv_skb+0x1f2/0x408 netlink_unicast+0x570/0x790 netlink_sendmsg+0x752/0xbe0 sock_sendmsg+0xca/0x110 ____sys_sendmsg+0x510/0x6a8 ___sys_sendmsg+0x12a/0x180 __sys_sendmsg+0xe6/0x168 __do_sys_socketcall+0x3c8/0x468 do_syscall+0x22c/0x328 __do_syscall+0x94/0xf0 system_call+0x82/0xb0 Freed by task 540: kasan_save_stack+0x40/0x68 kasan_set_track+0x36/0x48 kasan_save_free_info+0x4c/0x68 ____kasan_slab_free+0x14e/0x1a8 __kasan_slab_free+0x24/0x30 __kmem_cache_free+0x168/0x338 qeth_l2_br2dev_worker+0x154/0x6b0 process_one_work+0x76e/0x1128 worker_thread+0x184/0x1098 kthread+0x26a/0x310 __ret_from_fork+0x8a/0xe8 ret_from_fork+0xa/0x40 Last potentially related work creation: kasan_save_stack+0x40/0x68 __kasan_record_aux_stack+0xbe/0xd0 insert_work+0x56/0x2e8 __queue_work+0x4ce/0xd10 queue_work_on+0xf4/0x100 qeth_l2_switchdev_event+0x520/0x738 atomic_notifier_call_chain+0x9c/0xf8 br_switchdev_fdb_notify+0xf4/0x110 fdb_notify+0x122/0x180 fdb_add_entry.constprop.0.isra.0+0x312/0x558 br_fdb_add+0x59e/0x858 rtnl_fdb_add+0x58a/0x928 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x5f8/0x8d8 netlink_rcv_skb+0x1f2/0x408 netlink_unicast+0x570/0x790 netlink_sendmsg+0x752/0xbe0 sock_sendmsg+0xca/0x110 ____sys_sendmsg+0x510/0x6a8 ___sys_sendmsg+0x12a/0x180 __sys_sendmsg+0xe6/0x168 __do_sys_socketcall+0x3c8/0x468 do_syscall+0x22c/0x328 __do_syscall+0x94/0xf0 system_call+0x82/0xb0 Second to last potentially related work creation: kasan_save_stack+0x40/0x68 __kasan_record_aux_stack+0xbe/0xd0 kvfree_call_rcu+0xb2/0x760 kernfs_unlink_open_file+0x348/0x430 kernfs_fop_release+0xc2/0x320 __fput+0x1ae/0x768 task_work_run+0x1bc/0x298 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x1a0/0x1a8 __do_syscall+0x94/0xf0 system_call+0x82/0xb0 The buggy address belongs to the object at 00000000fdcea400 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-96 of size 96 The buggy address is located 64 bytes inside of 96-byte region [00000000fdcea400, 00000000fdcea460) The buggy address belongs to the physical page: page:000000005a9c26e8 refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0xfdcea flags: 0x3ffff00000000200(slab|node=0|zone=1|lastcpupid=0x1ffff) raw: 3ffff00000000200 0000000000000000 0000000100000122 000000008008cc00 raw: 0000000000000000 0020004100000000 ffffffff00000001 0000000000000000 page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected Memory state around the buggy address: 00000000fdcea300: fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fb fc fc fc fc 00000000fdcea380: fb fb fb fb fb fb f ---truncated---
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