Linux Kernel up to 5.17.1 privilege escalation

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.4.188/5.10.109/5.15.32/5.16.18/5.17.1. It has been declared as problematic. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation results in an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2022-49189. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.4.188/5.10.109/5.15.32/5.16.18/5.17.1. It has been classified as problematic. The impact remains unknown. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: qcom: clk-rcg2: Update logic to calculate D value for RCG The display pixel clock has a requirement on certain newer platforms to support M/N as (2/3) and the final D value calculated results in underflow errors. As the current implementation does not check for D value is within the accepted range for a given M & N value. Update the logic to calculate the final D value based on the range.

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-49189 since 02/26/2025. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 5.4.189, 5.10.110, 5.15.33, 5.16.19 or 5.17.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 52592f9afbfe01bce8f8953e4f19cbe3bcbdbd3a/334720f418f57b1d969dad2117b21f9388cb9395/34dca60982e93e69ae442aa2d36ce61c9a3bb563/96888f0dcf351e758b9df57e015a48427ca709c1/a4e2e31971354790b0d1fa3e783452a9d135fcff/58922910add18583d5273c2edcdb9fd7bf4eca02 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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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 5.4.188
• 5.10.109
• 5.15.0
• 5.15.1
• 5.15.2
• 5.15.3
• 5.15.4
• 5.15.5
• 5.15.6
• 5.15.7
• 5.15.8
• 5.15.9
• 5.15.10
• 5.15.11
• 5.15.12
• 5.15.13
• 5.15.14
• 5.15.15
• 5.15.16
• 5.15.17
• 5.15.18
• 5.15.19
• 5.15.20
• 5.15.21
• 5.15.22
• 5.15.23
• 5.15.24
• 5.15.25
• 5.15.26
• 5.15.27
• 5.15.28
• 5.15.29
• 5.15.30
• 5.15.31
• 5.15.32
• 5.16.0
• 5.16.1
• 5.16.2
• 5.16.3
• 5.16.4
• 5.16.5
• 5.16.6
• 5.16.7
• 5.16.8
• 5.16.9
• 5.16.10
• 5.16.11
• 5.16.12
• 5.16.13
• 5.16.14
• 5.16.15
• 5.16.16
• 5.16.17
• 5.16.18
• 5.17.0
• 5.17.1

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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