CVE-2022-49072

gpio: Restrict usage of GPIO chip irq members before initialization

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS Score

Published: February 26, 2025 at 01:54 AM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:17 AM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity

MEDIUM5.5

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.3%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpio: Restrict usage of GPIO chip irq members before initialization GPIO chip irq members are exposed before they could be completely initialized and this leads to race conditions. One such issue was observed for the gc->irq.domain variable which was accessed through the I2C interface in gpiochip_to_irq() before it could be initialized by gpiochip_add_irqchip(). This resulted in Kernel NULL pointer dereference. Following are the logs for reference :- kernel: Call Trace: kernel: gpiod_to_irq+0x53/0x70 kernel: acpi_dev_gpio_irq_get_by+0x113/0x1f0 kernel: i2c_acpi_get_irq+0xc0/0xd0 kernel: i2c_device_probe+0x28a/0x2a0 kernel: really_probe+0xf2/0x460 kernel: RIP: 0010:gpiochip_to_irq+0x47/0xc0 To avoid such scenarios, restrict usage of GPIO chip irq members before they are completely initialized.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Linux Kernel · Linux

95%

v ≥ 5.2.14v < 5.10.1115.11 ≤ v < 5.15.345.16 ≤ v < 5.16.205.17 ≤ v < 5.17.35.2.14 ≤ v < 5.35.3 ≤ v < 5.10.1115.3 ≤ v < 5.15.345.3 ≤ v < 5.16.205.3 ≤ v < 5.17.35.3 ≤ v < 5.1844dfa46aaf7cf594ac89bc1a0c0e56c498b3126948057ed1840fde9239b1e000bea1a0a1f07c5e995.18 rc1 5.2.14 5.3

Vendor states this is fixed in 0912cf021fb5749372b3782611d8b1de4986c13a (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 2c1fa3614795e2b24da1ba95de0b27b8f6ea4537 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 5467801f1fcbdc46bc7298a84dbf3ca1ff2a7320 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 7e88a50704b0c49ad3f2d11e8b963341cf68a89f (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in f8dea54f74cae8c2e4d7b2952e8fed7743a85c87 (fixed)

Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.111 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.34 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 5.16.20 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 5.17.3 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 5.18 (unaffected)

Vendor states this is fixed in 5.3 (unaffected)