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CVE-2022-49430

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-02-26
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 5.15.46 / 5.17.14 or later.
See remediation →
57/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Input: gpio-keys - cancel delayed work only in case of GPIO gpio_keys module can either accept gpios or interrupts. The module initializes delayed work in case of gpios only and is only used if debounce timer is not used, so make sure cancel_delayed_work_sync() is called only when its gpio-backed and debounce_use_hrtimer is false. This fixes the issue seen below when the gpio_keys module is unloaded and an interrupt pin is used instead of GPIO: [ 360.297569] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 360.302303] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 237 at kernel/workqueue.c:3066 __flush_work+0x414/0x470 [ 360.310531] Modules linked in: gpio_keys(-) [ 360.314797] CPU: 0 PID: 237 Comm: rmmod Not tainted 5.18.0-rc5-arm64-renesas-00116-g73636105874d-dirty #166 [ 360.324662] Hardware name: Renesas SMARC EVK based on r9a07g054l2 (DT) [ 360.331270] pstate: 60400005 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 360.338318] pc : __flush_work+0x414/0x470 [ 360.342385] lr : __cancel_work_timer+0x140/0x1b0 [ 360.347065] sp : ffff80000a7fba00 [ 360.350423] x29: ffff80000a7fba00 x28: ffff000012b9c5c0 x27: 0000000000000000 [ 360.357664] x26: ffff80000a7fbb80 x25: ffff80000954d0a8 x24: 0000000000000001 [ 360.364904] x23: ffff800009757000 x22: 0000000000000000 x21: ffff80000919b000 [ 360.372143] x20: ffff00000f5974e0 x19: ffff00000f5974e0 x18: ffff8000097fcf48 [ 360.379382] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000053f40 [ 360.386622] x14: ffff800009850e88 x13: 0000000000000002 x12: 000000000000a60c [ 360.393861] x11: 000000000000a610 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : 0000000000000008 [ 360.401100] x8 : 0101010101010101 x7 : 00000000a473c394 x6 : 0080808080808080 [ 360.408339] x5 : 0000000000000001 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : ffff80000919b458 [ 360.415578] x2 : ffff8000097577f0 x1 : 0000000000000001 x0 : 0000000000000000 [ 360.422818] Call trace: [ 360.425299] __flush_work+0x414/0x470 [ 360.429012] __cancel_work_timer+0x140/0x1b0 [ 360.433340] cancel_delayed_work_sync+0x10/0x18 [ 360.437931] gpio_keys_quiesce_key+0x28/0x58 [gpio_keys] [ 360.443327] devm_action_release+0x10/0x18 [ 360.447481] release_nodes+0x8c/0x1a0 [ 360.451194] devres_release_all+0x90/0x100 [ 360.455346] device_unbind_cleanup+0x14/0x60 [ 360.459677] device_release_driver_internal+0xe8/0x168 [ 360.464883] driver_detach+0x4c/0x90 [ 360.468509] bus_remove_driver+0x54/0xb0 [ 360.472485] driver_unregister+0x2c/0x58 [ 360.476462] platform_driver_unregister+0x10/0x18 [ 360.481230] gpio_keys_exit+0x14/0x828 [gpio_keys] [ 360.486088] __arm64_sys_delete_module+0x1e0/0x270 [ 360.490945] invoke_syscall+0x40/0xf8 [ 360.494661] el0_svc_common.constprop.3+0xf0/0x110 [ 360.499515] do_el0_svc+0x20/0x78 [ 360.502877] el0_svc+0x48/0xf8 [ 360.505977] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x88/0xb0 [ 360.510216] el0t_64_sync+0x148/0x14c [ 360.513930] irq event stamp: 4306 [ 360.517288] hardirqs last enabled at (4305): [<ffff8000080b0300>] __cancel_work_timer+0x130/0x1b0 [ 360.526359] hardirqs last disabled at (4306): [<ffff800008d194fc>] el1_dbg+0x24/0x88 [ 360.534204] softirqs last enabled at (4278): [<ffff8000080104a0>] _stext+0x4a0/0x5e0 [ 360.542133] softirqs last disabled at (4267): [<ffff8000080932ac>] irq_exit_rcu+0x18c/0x1b0 [ 360.550591] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Linux KernelOperating system
Affected:< 5.15.46>= 5.16, < 5.17.14>= 5.18, < 5.18.3

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 5.15.46 / 5.17.14 / 5.18.3 or later
Fixed in 5.15.465.17.145.18.3
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

Upgrade to kernel version 5.15.46, 5.17.14, 5.18.3 or later (any stable kernel that includes commit 4160e0961908)

  1. Identify the current kernel version using 'uname -r' or 'cat /proc/version'
  2. Check if the system is running an affected kernel version (< 5.15.46, 5.16.x, 5.17.x before 5.17.14, or 5.18.x before 5.18.3)
  3. For Debian/Ubuntu-based systems: run 'sudo apt-get update' then 'sudo apt-get dist-upgrade' or 'sudo apt-get install linux-image-<version>' to install a fixed kernel
  4. For RHEL/CentOS-based systems: run 'sudo yum update kernel' or 'sudo dnf update kernel' to install a fixed kernel
  5. For other distributions: use the distribution's package manager to upgrade the kernel package to version 5.15.46, 5.17.14, 5.18.3 or later
  6. Reboot the system to load the new kernel

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