Vulnerability · Published Feb 26, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2022-49483drm/msm/disp/dpu1: avoid clearing hw interrupts if hw_intr is null during drm uninit

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity null pointer dereference in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 18% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 82.4% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/disp/dpu1: avoid clearing hw interrupts if hw_intr is null during drm uninit If edp modeset init is failed due to panel being not ready and probe defers during drm bind, avoid clearing irqs and dereference hw_intr when hw_intr is null. BUG: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000 Call trace: dpu_core_irq_uninstall+0x50/0xb0 dpu_irq_uninstall+0x18/0x24 msm_drm_uninit+0xd8/0x16c msm_drm_bind+0x580/0x5fc try_to_bring_up_master+0x168/0x1c0 __component_add+0xb4/0x178 component_add+0x1c/0x28 dp_display_probe+0x38c/0x400 platform_probe+0xb0/0xd0 really_probe+0xcc/0x2c8 __driver_probe_device+0xbc/0xe8 driver_probe_device+0x48/0xf0 __device_attach_driver+0xa0/0xc8 bus_for_each_drv+0x8c/0xd8 __device_attach+0xc4/0x150 device_initial_probe+0x1c/0x28 Changes in V2: - Update commit message and coreect fixes tag. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/484430/

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux5.18.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49483
Debian:13linux5.18.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49483
Debian:14linux5.18.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49483
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49483
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49483
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49483
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49483
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49483
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49483
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49483
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49483
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49483
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49483
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49483
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49483
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49483
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49483
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49483
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49483
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49483
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49483
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49483
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49483
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49483
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49483
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49483
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49483
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49483
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49483
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49483
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49483
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49483
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49483
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49483
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49483
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49483
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49483

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux f25f656608e3a54ac3e0747be415cf3d4a69cef8 – before a7ca30c3a8b2e8bda65f2b922d382ac056be8aa4f25f656608e3a54ac3e0747be415cf3d4a69cef8 – before a800701429313149afde18d98821554fbfcb3164f25f656608e3a54ac3e0747be415cf3d4a69cef8 – before 01013ba9bbddc62f7d011163cebfd7ed06bb698b
Linux Linux 5.16

Weakness: CWE-476 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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