Linux Kernel up to 5.15.45/5.17.13/5.18.2 msm_drm_uninit state issue

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A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in Linux Kernel up to 5.15.45/5.17.13/5.18.2. The impacted element is the function msm_drm_uninit. The manipulation leads to state issue. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2022-49458. There is no available exploit. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.15.45/5.17.13/5.18.2. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects the function msm_drm_uninit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a state issue vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-371. The impact remains unknown. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm: don't free the IRQ if it was not requested As msm_drm_uninit() is called from the msm_drm_init() error path, additional care should be necessary as not to call the free_irq() for the IRQ that was not requested before (because an error occured earlier than the request_irq() call). This fixed the issue reported with the following backtrace: [ 8.571329] Trying to free already-free IRQ 187 [ 8.571339] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 76 at kernel/irq/manage.c:1895 free_irq+0x1e0/0x35c [ 8.588746] Modules linked in: pmic_glink pdr_interface fastrpc qrtr_smd snd_soc_hdmi_codec msm fsa4480 gpu_sched drm_dp_aux_bus qrtr i2c_qcom_geni crct10dif_ce qcom_stats qcom_q6v5_pas drm_display_helper gpi qcom_pil_info drm_kms_helper qcom_q6v5 qcom_sysmon qcom_common qcom_glink_smem qcom_rng mdt_loader qmi_helpers phy_qcom_qmp ufs_qcom typec qnoc_sm8350 socinfo rmtfs_mem fuse drm ipv6 [ 8.624154] CPU: 0 PID: 76 Comm: kworker/u16:2 Not tainted 5.18.0-rc5-next-20220506-00033-g6cee8cab6089-dirty #419 [ 8.624161] Hardware name: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. SM8350 HDK (DT) [ 8.641496] Workqueue: events_unbound deferred_probe_work_func [ 8.647510] pstate: 604000c5 (nZCv daIF +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 8.654681] pc : free_irq+0x1e0/0x35c [ 8.658454] lr : free_irq+0x1e0/0x35c [ 8.662228] sp : ffff800008ab3950 [ 8.665642] x29: ffff800008ab3950 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: ffff16350f56a700 [ 8.672994] x26: ffff1635025df080 x25: ffff16350251badc x24: ffff16350251bb90 [ 8.680343] x23: 0000000000000000 x22: 00000000000000bb x21: ffff16350e8f9800 [ 8.687690] x20: ffff16350251ba00 x19: ffff16350cbd5880 x18: ffffffffffffffff [ 8.695039] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: ffffa2dd12179434 x15: ffffa2dd1431d02d [ 8.702391] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: ffffa2dd1431d028 x12: 662d79646165726c [ 8.709740] x11: ffffa2dd13fd2438 x10: 000000000000000a x9 : 00000000000000bb [ 8.717111] x8 : ffffa2dd13fd23f0 x7 : ffff800008ab3750 x6 : 00000000fffff202 [ 8.724487] x5 : ffff16377e870a18 x4 : 00000000fffff202 x3 : ffff735a6ae1b000 [ 8.731851] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : ffff1635015f8000 [ 8.739217] Call trace: [ 8.741755] free_irq+0x1e0/0x35c [ 8.745198] msm_drm_uninit.isra.0+0x14c/0x294 [msm] [ 8.750548] msm_drm_bind+0x28c/0x5d0 [msm] [ 8.755081] try_to_bring_up_aggregate_device+0x164/0x1d0 [ 8.760657] __component_add+0xa0/0x170 [ 8.764626] component_add+0x14/0x20 [ 8.768337] dp_display_probe+0x2a4/0x464 [msm] [ 8.773242] platform_probe+0x68/0xe0 [ 8.777043] really_probe.part.0+0x9c/0x28c [ 8.781368] __driver_probe_device+0x98/0x144 [ 8.785871] driver_probe_device+0x40/0x140 [ 8.790191] __device_attach_driver+0xb4/0x120 [ 8.794788] bus_for_each_drv+0x78/0xd0 [ 8.798751] __device_attach+0xdc/0x184 [ 8.802713] device_initial_probe+0x14/0x20 [ 8.807031] bus_probe_device+0x9c/0xa4 [ 8.810991] deferred_probe_work_func+0x88/0xc0 [ 8.815667] process_one_work+0x1d0/0x320 [ 8.819809] worker_thread+0x14c/0x444 [ 8.823688] kthread+0x10c/0x110 [ 8.827036] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/485422/

It is possible to read the advisory at git.kernel.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-49458 since 02/26/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 10/23/2025).

Upgrading to version 5.15.46, 5.17.14 or 5.18.3 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch beb81c13d020ceb7f8693e65464162e5f249218e/b288ec4439c1dad304c1862bf6b0be78d9b1b2b2/59023c4fb1ab3de0fa001681650f662c253c7fd7/577e2a9dfc8fba7938aaf75db63fae7e328cc3cb is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 5.15.0
• 5.15.1
• 5.15.2
• 5.15.3
• 5.15.4
• 5.15.5
• 5.15.6
• 5.15.7
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• 5.15.38
• 5.15.39
• 5.15.40
• 5.15.41
• 5.15.42
• 5.15.43
• 5.15.44
• 5.15.45
• 5.17.0
• 5.17.1
• 5.17.2
• 5.17.3
• 5.17.4
• 5.17.5
• 5.17.6
• 5.17.7
• 5.17.8
• 5.17.9
• 5.17.10
• 5.17.11
• 5.17.12
• 5.17.13
• 5.18.0
• 5.18.1
• 5.18.2

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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