CVE-2022-50260

drm/msm: Make .remove and .shutdown HW shutdown consistent

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 15, 2025 at 02:02 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:23 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm: Make .remove and .shutdown HW shutdown consistent Drivers' .remove and .shutdown callbacks are executed on different code paths. The former is called when a device is removed from the bus, while the latter is called at system shutdown time to quiesce the device. This means that some overlap exists between the two, because both have to take care of properly shutting down the hardware. But currently the logic used in these two callbacks isn't consistent in msm drivers, which could lead to kernel panic. For example, on .remove the component is deleted and its .unbind callback leads to the hardware being shutdown but only if the DRM device has been marked as registered. That check doesn't exist in the .shutdown logic and this can lead to the driver calling drm_atomic_helper_shutdown() for a DRM device that hasn't been properly initialized. A situation like this can happen if drivers for expected sub-devices fail to probe, since the .bind callback will never be executed. If that is the case, drm_atomic_helper_shutdown() will attempt to take mutexes that are only initialized if drm_mode_config_init() is called during a device bind. This bug was attempted to be fixed in commit 623f279c7781 ("drm/msm: fix shutdown hook in case GPU components failed to bind"), but unfortunately it still happens in some cases as the one mentioned above, i.e: systemd-shutdown[1]: Powering off. kvm: exiting hardware virtualization platform wifi-firmware.0: Removing from iommu group 12 platform video-firmware.0: Removing from iommu group 10 ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 1 at drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modeset_lock.c:317 drm_modeset_lock_all_ctx+0x3c4/0x3d0 ... Hardware name: Google CoachZ (rev3+) (DT) pstate: a0400009 (NzCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : drm_modeset_lock_all_ctx+0x3c4/0x3d0 lr : drm_modeset_lock_all_ctx+0x48/0x3d0 sp : ffff80000805bb80 x29: ffff80000805bb80 x28: ffff327c00128000 x27: 0000000000000000 x26: 0000000000000000 x25: 0000000000000001 x24: ffffc95d820ec030 x23: ffff327c00bbd090 x22: ffffc95d8215eca0 x21: ffff327c039c5800 x20: ffff327c039c5988 x19: ffff80000805bbe8 x18: 0000000000000034 x17: 000000040044ffff x16: ffffc95d80cac920 x15: 0000000000000000 x14: 0000000000000315 x13: 0000000000000315 x12: 0000000000000000 x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : 0000000000000000 x8 : ffff80000805bc28 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000000 x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000000 x2 : ffff327c00128000 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : ffff327c039c59b0 Call trace: drm_modeset_lock_all_ctx+0x3c4/0x3d0 drm_atomic_helper_shutdown+0x70/0x134 msm_drv_shutdown+0x30/0x40 platform_shutdown+0x28/0x40 device_shutdown+0x148/0x350 kernel_power_off+0x38/0x80 __do_sys_reboot+0x288/0x2c0 __arm64_sys_reboot+0x28/0x34 invoke_syscall+0x48/0x114 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x44/0xec do_el0_svc+0x2c/0xc0 el0_svc+0x2c/0x84 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x11c/0x150 el0t_64_sync+0x18c/0x190 ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000018 Mem abort info: ESR = 0x0000000096000004 EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits SET = 0, FnV = 0 EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault Data abort info: ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004 CM = 0, WnR = 0 user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=000000010eab1000 [0000000000000018] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000 Internal error: Oops: 96000004 [#1] PREEMPT SMP ... Hardware name: Google CoachZ (rev3+) (DT) pstate: a0400009 (NzCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : ww_mutex_lock+0x28/0x32c lr : drm_modeset_lock_all_ctx+0x1b0/0x3d0 sp : ffff80000805bb50 x29: ffff80000805bb50 x28: ffff327c00128000 x27: 0000000000000000 x26: 00000 ---truncated---

Affected

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

v ≥ 4.14.197v ≥ 4.19.144v ≥ 5.4.64v ≥ 5.8.84.14.197 ≤ v < 4.154.19.144 ≤ v < 4.205.4.64 ≤ v < 5.55.8.8 ≤ v < 5.95.9 ≤ v < 5.19.175.9 ≤ v < 6.0.35.9 ≤ v < 6.15.9.1 ≤ v < 5.19.176.0 ≤ v < 6.0.319583b280801b6ba4a36172113db42413860d1c43d516e369e3a563e7da39c72b06d78c7f1b09b1e4.14.1974.19.1445.4.645.8.85.95.9 rc35.9 rc45.9 rc55.9 rc65.9 rc75.9 rc856ed34ea6cd73c2fd5384d03a9034e6f229a390a8bc5c9ba5a1d67aaf6957199b2ab8a24402741a99d5cbf5fe46e350715389d89d0c350d83289a102
Vendor states this is fixed in 0a58d2ae572adaec8d046f8d35b40c2c32ac7468 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0e6649a2e31ac157c711d583ec8f5ec59da5de0e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 26f9a766f87b33c50ed400a9500cc1dc9aced953 (fixed)
Affected range stops below 4.15, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 4.20, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.19.17 (unaffected)
Affected range stops below 5.5, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.0.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1 (unaffected)

References (3)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a58d2ae572adaec8d046f8d35b40c2c32ac7468
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e6649a2e31ac157c711d583ec8f5ec59da5de0e
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/26f9a766f87b33c50ed400a9500cc1dc9aced953

CVSS

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

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