Vulnerability · Published Feb 26, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2022-49424iommu/mediatek: Fix NULL pointer dereference when printing dev_name

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 0.3% (higher than 19% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 80.9% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/mediatek: Fix NULL pointer dereference when printing dev_name When larbdev is NULL (in the case I hit, the node is incorrectly set iommus = <&iommu NUM>), it will cause device_link_add() fail and kernel crashes when we try to print dev_name(larbdev). Let's fail the probe if a larbdev is NULL to avoid invalid inputs from dts. It should work for normal correct setting and avoid the crash caused by my incorrect setting. Error log: [ 18.189042][ T301] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000050 ... [ 18.344519][ T301] pstate: a0400005 (NzCv daif +PAN -UAO) [ 18.345213][ T301] pc : mtk_iommu_probe_device+0xf8/0x118 [mtk_iommu] [ 18.346050][ T301] lr : mtk_iommu_probe_device+0xd0/0x118 [mtk_iommu] [ 18.346884][ T301] sp : ffffffc00a5635e0 [ 18.347392][ T301] x29: ffffffc00a5635e0 x28: ffffffd44a46c1d8 [ 18.348156][ T301] x27: ffffff80c39a8000 x26: ffffffd44a80cc38 [ 18.348917][ T301] x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffffffd44a80cc38 [ 18.349677][ T301] x23: ffffffd44e4da4c6 x22: ffffffd44a80cc38 [ 18.350438][ T301] x21: ffffff80cecd1880 x20: 0000000000000000 [ 18.351198][ T301] x19: ffffff80c439f010 x18: ffffffc00a50d0c0 [ 18.351959][ T301] x17: ffffffffffffffff x16: 0000000000000004 [ 18.352719][ T301] x15: 0000000000000004 x14: ffffffd44eb5d420 [ 18.353480][ T301] x13: 0000000000000ad2 x12: 0000000000000003 [ 18.354241][ T301] x11: 00000000fffffad2 x10: c0000000fffffad2 [ 18.355003][ T301] x9 : a0d288d8d7142d00 x8 : a0d288d8d7142d00 [ 18.355763][ T301] x7 : ffffffd44c2bc640 x6 : 0000000000000000 [ 18.356524][ T301] x5 : 0000000000000080 x4 : 0000000000000001 [ 18.357284][ T301] x3 : 0000000000000000 x2 : 0000000000000005 [ 18.358045][ T301] x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 0000000000000000 [ 18.360208][ T301] Hardware name: MT6873 (DT) [ 18.360771][ T301] Call trace: [ 18.361168][ T301] dump_backtrace+0xf8/0x1f0 [ 18.361737][ T301] dump_stack_lvl+0xa8/0x11c [ 18.362305][ T301] dump_stack+0x1c/0x2c [ 18.362816][ T301] mrdump_common_die+0x184/0x40c [mrdump] [ 18.363575][ T301] ipanic_die+0x24/0x38 [mrdump] [ 18.364230][ T301] atomic_notifier_call_chain+0x128/0x2b8 [ 18.364937][ T301] die+0x16c/0x568 [ 18.365394][ T301] __do_kernel_fault+0x1e8/0x214 [ 18.365402][ T301] do_page_fault+0xb8/0x678 [ 18.366934][ T301] do_translation_fault+0x48/0x64 [ 18.368645][ T301] do_mem_abort+0x68/0x148 [ 18.368652][ T301] el1_abort+0x40/0x64 [ 18.368660][ T301] el1h_64_sync_handler+0x54/0x88 [ 18.368668][ T301] el1h_64_sync+0x68/0x6c [ 18.368673][ T301] mtk_iommu_probe_device+0xf8/0x118 [mtk_iommu] ...

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux5.18.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49424
Debian:13linux5.18.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49424
Debian:14linux5.18.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-47.51UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1019.23UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1019.24UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1017.23UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1015.18UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1002.4UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1013.15UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1015.20UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1017.21UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-47.53UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1017.22UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1014.16UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49424

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 77fbe028d5a3f7fc6060c4454ead9510533acd1e – before c3c2734e28d7fac50228c4d2b8896e8695adf30418ea450ed1b60c1bb336f5efe874f61909ce7bec – before e9c63c0f73a1bbfd02624f5eae7e881df8b6830f635319a4a7444ca97124d781cd96deb277ff4d40 – before 8837c2682b9b2eed83e6212bcf79850c593a6fee635319a4a7444ca97124d781cd96deb277ff4d40 – before de78657e16f41417da9332f09c2d67d100096939b7bf68272b6ae7c469854e2e054db1db1d1589995.15.33 – before 5.15.465.17.2 – before 5.17.145.16.19 – before 5.17
Linux Linux 5.18

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