A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.10.98/5.15.21/5.16.7. It has been classified as critical. This affects the function hfi1_ipoib_setup_rn. The manipulation leads to null pointer dereference.

This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-48728. The attack needs to be approached within the local network. There is no exploit available.

It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.