Vulnerability · Published May 1, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2022-49841serial: imx: Add missing .thaw_noirq hook

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw 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 0.2% (higher than 10% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 89.7% 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: serial: imx: Add missing .thaw_noirq hook The following warning is seen with non-console UART instance when system hibernates. [ 37.371969] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 37.376599] uart3_root_clk already disabled [ 37.380810] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 296 at drivers/clk/clk.c:952 clk_core_disable+0xa4/0xb0 ... [ 37.506986] Call trace: [ 37.509432] clk_core_disable+0xa4/0xb0 [ 37.513270] clk_disable+0x34/0x50 [ 37.516672] imx_uart_thaw+0x38/0x5c [ 37.520250] platform_pm_thaw+0x30/0x6c [ 37.524089] dpm_run_callback.constprop.0+0x3c/0xd4 [ 37.528972] device_resume+0x7c/0x160 [ 37.532633] dpm_resume+0xe8/0x230 [ 37.536036] hibernation_snapshot+0x288/0x430 [ 37.540397] hibernate+0x10c/0x2e0 [ 37.543798] state_store+0xc4/0xd0 [ 37.547203] kobj_attr_store+0x1c/0x30 [ 37.550953] sysfs_kf_write+0x48/0x60 [ 37.554619] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x118/0x1ac [ 37.559063] new_sync_write+0xe8/0x184 [ 37.562812] vfs_write+0x230/0x290 [ 37.566214] ksys_write+0x68/0xf4 [ 37.569529] __arm64_sys_write+0x20/0x2c [ 37.573452] invoke_syscall.constprop.0+0x50/0xf0 [ 37.578156] do_el0_svc+0x11c/0x150 [ 37.581648] el0_svc+0x30/0x140 [ 37.584792] el0t_64_sync_handler+0xe8/0xf0 [ 37.588976] el0t_64_sync+0x1a0/0x1a4 [ 37.592639] ---[ end trace 56e22eec54676d75 ]--- On hibernating, pm core calls into related hooks in sequence like: .freeze .freeze_noirq .thaw_noirq .thaw With .thaw_noirq hook being absent, the clock will be disabled in a unbalanced call which results the warning above. imx_uart_freeze() clk_prepare_enable() imx_uart_suspend_noirq() clk_disable() imx_uart_thaw clk_disable_unprepare() Adding the missing .thaw_noirq hook as imx_uart_resume_noirq() will have the call sequence corrected as below and thus fix the warning. imx_uart_freeze() clk_prepare_enable() imx_uart_suspend_noirq() clk_disable() imx_uart_resume_noirq() clk_enable() imx_uart_thaw clk_disable_unprepare()

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.0.10-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49841
Debian:13linux6.0.10-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49841
Debian:14linux6.0.10-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-67.74UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1031.35UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1034.41UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1034.41.1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1030.37UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1028.33UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1016.21UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1026.29UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1026.31UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1029.34UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-67.74UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1023.23UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1030.36UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1025.27UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49841

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 09df0b3464e528c6a4ca2c48d9ff6d2fd7cbd775 – before e401312ca6e180ee1bd65f6a766e99dd40aa95e709df0b3464e528c6a4ca2c48d9ff6d2fd7cbd775 – before 476b09e07bd519ec7ba5941a6a6f9a02256dbb2109df0b3464e528c6a4ca2c48d9ff6d2fd7cbd775 – before 0a3160f4ffc70ee4bfa1521f698dace06e6091fd09df0b3464e528c6a4ca2c48d9ff6d2fd7cbd775 – before ae22294e213a402a70fa1731538367d1b758ffe709df0b3464e528c6a4ca2c48d9ff6d2fd7cbd775 – before e3f9d87d6f0732827c443bd1474df21c2fad704b09df0b3464e528c6a4ca2c48d9ff6d2fd7cbd775 – before 4561d8008a467cb05ac632a215391d6b787f40aa
Linux Linux 4.16

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