CVE-2022-50261

drm/sti: Fix return type of sti_{dvo,hda,hdmi}_connector_mode_valid()

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 15, 2025 at 02:03 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/sti: Fix return type of sti_{dvo,hda,hdmi}_connector_mode_valid() With clang's kernel control flow integrity (kCFI, CONFIG_CFI_CLANG), indirect call targets are validated against the expected function pointer prototype to make sure the call target is valid to help mitigate ROP attacks. If they are not identical, there is a failure at run time, which manifests as either a kernel panic or thread getting killed. A proposed warning in clang aims to catch these at compile time, which reveals: drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_hda.c:637:16: error: incompatible function pointer types initializing 'enum drm_mode_status (*)(struct drm_connector *, struct drm_display_mode *)' with an expression of type 'int (struct drm_connector *, struct drm_display_mode *)' [-Werror,-Wincompatible-function-pointer-types-strict] .mode_valid = sti_hda_connector_mode_valid, ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_dvo.c:376:16: error: incompatible function pointer types initializing 'enum drm_mode_status (*)(struct drm_connector *, struct drm_display_mode *)' with an expression of type 'int (struct drm_connector *, struct drm_display_mode *)' [-Werror,-Wincompatible-function-pointer-types-strict] .mode_valid = sti_dvo_connector_mode_valid, ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ drivers/gpu/drm/sti/sti_hdmi.c:1035:16: error: incompatible function pointer types initializing 'enum drm_mode_status (*)(struct drm_connector *, struct drm_display_mode *)' with an expression of type 'int (struct drm_connector *, struct drm_display_mode *)' [-Werror,-Wincompatible-function-pointer-types-strict] .mode_valid = sti_hdmi_connector_mode_valid, ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ->mode_valid() in 'struct drm_connector_helper_funcs' expects a return type of 'enum drm_mode_status', not 'int'. Adjust the return type of sti_{dvo,hda,hdmi}_connector_mode_valid() to match the prototype's to resolve the warning and CFI failure.

Affected

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

v < 4.9.3373.17 ≤ v < 4.14.3033.17 ≤ v < 4.19.2703.17 ≤ v < 4.9.3373.17 ≤ v < 5.10.1633.17 ≤ v < 5.15.863.17 ≤ v < 5.4.2293.17 ≤ v < 6.0.163.17 ≤ v < 6.1.23.17 ≤ v < 6.24.10 ≤ v < 4.14.3034.15 ≤ v < 4.19.2704.20 ≤ v < 5.4.2295.11 ≤ v < 5.15.865.16 ≤ v < 6.0.165.5 ≤ v < 5.10.1636.1 ≤ v < 6.1.23.175402626c83a2f19da14859e2bab231a53e16ee74
Vendor states this is fixed in 04371a75a58422a301a9ff9ae3babd310ac3bb3f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0ad811cc08a937d875cbad0149c1bab17f84ba05 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 511b48ee8e4aec2d03d2af06b363d9eb3230b017 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6e3c4d3fa5d458d685561ecbaf8daa9dba14979e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8f9941dea3a70b73f2063f9dcc4aaae6af03c5ba (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a075c21ee026f4a74f9fce5928ea3c8d18a8af13 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b2c92b2a3801b09b709cbefd9a9e4944b72400bf (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in b4307c7d35e346b909edfdc1f280902150570bb6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e578b0906b6a81479cd5b5b6c848a7096addf5e9 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3.17 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.14.303 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.19.270 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.9.337 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.163 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.86 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.229 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.0.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.2 (unaffected)

References (9)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04371a75a58422a301a9ff9ae3babd310ac3bb3f
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ad811cc08a937d875cbad0149c1bab17f84ba05
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/511b48ee8e4aec2d03d2af06b363d9eb3230b017
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e3c4d3fa5d458d685561ecbaf8daa9dba14979e
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f9941dea3a70b73f2063f9dcc4aaae6af03c5ba
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a075c21ee026f4a74f9fce5928ea3c8d18a8af13
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2c92b2a3801b09b709cbefd9a9e4944b72400bf
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4307c7d35e346b909edfdc1f280902150570bb6

CVSS

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