CVE-2022-49529

drm/amdgpu/pm: fix the null pointer while the smu is disabled

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 26, 2025 at 02:13 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:18 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu/pm: fix the null pointer while the smu is disabled It needs to check if the pp_funcs is initialized while release the context, otherwise it will trigger null pointer panic while the software smu is not enabled. [ 1109.404555] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000078 [ 1109.404609] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [ 1109.404638] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [ 1109.404657] PGD 0 P4D 0 [ 1109.404672] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [ 1109.404701] CPU: 7 PID: 9150 Comm: amdgpu_test Tainted: G OEL 5.16.0-custom #1 [ 1109.404732] Hardware name: innotek GmbH VirtualBox/VirtualBox, BIOS VirtualBox 12/01/2006 [ 1109.404765] RIP: 0010:amdgpu_dpm_force_performance_level+0x1d/0x170 [amdgpu] [ 1109.405109] Code: 5d c3 44 8b a3 f0 80 00 00 eb e5 66 90 0f 1f 44 00 00 55 48 89 e5 41 57 41 56 41 55 41 54 53 48 83 ec 08 4c 8b b7 f0 7d 00 00 <49> 83 7e 78 00 0f 84 f2 00 00 00 80 bf 87 80 00 00 00 48 89 fb 0f [ 1109.405176] RSP: 0018:ffffaf3083ad7c20 EFLAGS: 00010282 [ 1109.405203] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff9796b1c14600 RCX: 0000000002862007 [ 1109.405229] RDX: ffff97968591c8c0 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff9796a3700000 [ 1109.405260] RBP: ffffaf3083ad7c50 R08: ffffffff9897de00 R09: ffff979688d9db60 [ 1109.405286] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffff979688d9db90 R12: 0000000000000001 [ 1109.405316] R13: ffff9796a3700000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff9796a3708fc0 [ 1109.405345] FS: 00007ff055cff180(0000) GS:ffff9796bfdc0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 1109.405378] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 1109.405400] CR2: 0000000000000078 CR3: 000000000a394000 CR4: 00000000000506e0 [ 1109.405434] Call Trace: [ 1109.405445] <TASK> [ 1109.405456] ? delete_object_full+0x1d/0x20 [ 1109.405480] amdgpu_ctx_set_stable_pstate+0x7c/0xa0 [amdgpu] [ 1109.405698] amdgpu_ctx_fini.part.0+0xcb/0x100 [amdgpu] [ 1109.405911] amdgpu_ctx_do_release+0x71/0x80 [amdgpu] [ 1109.406121] amdgpu_ctx_ioctl+0x52d/0x550 [amdgpu] [ 1109.406327] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x1a/0x30 [ 1109.406354] ? drm_gem_handle_delete+0x81/0xb0 [drm] [ 1109.406400] ? amdgpu_ctx_get_entity+0x2c0/0x2c0 [amdgpu] [ 1109.406609] drm_ioctl_kernel+0xb6/0x140 [drm]

Affected

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

v < 5.18.35.18 ≤ v < 5.18.35.18 ≤ v < 5.195.1879c65f3fcbb1288b84473d45e6d001820a971d54
Vendor states this is fixed in 49ec3441aa5e5940f3e82dd2f0205b9c856e399d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in eea5c7b3390c6e006ba4cbd906447dd8cea8cfbf (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.18 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.18.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.19 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49ec3441aa5e5940f3e82dd2f0205b9c856e399d
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eea5c7b3390c6e006ba4cbd906447dd8cea8cfbf

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

5.5MEDIUMCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-476

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