# CVE-2022-48798: s390/cio: verify the driver availability for path\_event call

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-07-16 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.11

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/cio: verify the driver availability for path_event call If no driver is attached to a device or the driver does not provide the path_event function, an FCES path-event on this device could end up in a kernel-panic. Verify the driver availability before the path_event function call.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe990b7bf6ac93f1d850d076b8f0e758268aa4ab
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0619027f11590b2070624297530c34dc7f91bcd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd9cb842fa9d90653a9b48aba52f89c069f3bc50

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