CVE-2022-48990

A flaw was found in the Linux kernel's drm/amdgpu component. This use-after-free vulnerability occurs during GPU recovery when a fence object is not properly initialized before being freed. An attacker with administrative or root privileges could exploit this issue, potentially leading to system instability, a denial of service (DoS), or possibly arbitrary code execution.

This issue is considered to be a moderate impact flaw, as the exploitation for this will need an ADMIN (or ROOT) privilege (PR:H).

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options do not meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base, or stability.