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CVE-2022-49723

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-02-26
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 5.10.124 / 5.15.49 or later.
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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: drm/i915/reset: Fix error_state_read ptr + offset use Fix our pointer offset usage in error_state_read when there is no i915_gpu_coredump but buf offset is non-zero. This fixes a kernel page fault can happen when multiple tests are running concurrently in a loop and one is producing engine resets and consuming the i915 error_state dump while the other is forcing full GT resets. (takes a while to trigger). The dmesg call trace: [ 5590.803000] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffffffa0b0e000 [ 5590.803009] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [ 5590.803013] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [ 5590.803016] PGD 5814067 P4D 5814067 PUD 5815063 PMD 109de4067 PTE 0 [ 5590.803022] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [ 5590.803026] CPU: 5 PID: 13656 Comm: i915_hangman Tainted: G U 5.17.0-rc5-ups69-guc-err-capt-rev6+ #136 [ 5590.803033] Hardware name: Intel Corporation Alder Lake Client Platform/AlderLake-M LP4x RVP, BIOS ADLPFWI1.R00. 3031.A02.2201171222 01/17/2022 [ 5590.803039] RIP: 0010:memcpy_erms+0x6/0x10 [ 5590.803045] Code: fe ff ff cc eb 1e 0f 1f 00 48 89 f8 48 89 d1 48 c1 e9 03 83 e2 07 f3 48 a5 89 d1 f3 a4 c3 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 d1 <f3> a4 c3 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 48 89 f8 48 83 fa 20 72 7e 40 38 fe [ 5590.803054] RSP: 0018:ffffc90003a8fdf0 EFLAGS: 00010282 [ 5590.803057] RAX: ffff888107ee9000 RBX: ffff888108cb1a00 RCX: 0000000000000f8f [ 5590.803061] RDX: 0000000000001000 RSI: ffffffffa0b0e000 RDI: ffff888107ee9071 [ 5590.803065] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000001 [ 5590.803069] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000002 R12: 0000000000000019 [ 5590.803073] R13: 0000000000174fff R14: 0000000000001000 R15: ffff888107ee9000 [ 5590.803077] FS: 00007f62a99bee80(0000) GS:ffff88849f880000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 5590.803082] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 5590.803085] CR2: ffffffffa0b0e000 CR3: 000000010a1a8004 CR4: 0000000000770ee0 [ 5590.803089] PKRU: 55555554 [ 5590.803091] Call Trace: [ 5590.803093] <TASK> [ 5590.803096] error_state_read+0xa1/0xd0 [i915] [ 5590.803175] kernfs_fop_read_iter+0xb2/0x1b0 [ 5590.803180] new_sync_read+0x116/0x1a0 [ 5590.803185] vfs_read+0x114/0x1b0 [ 5590.803189] ksys_read+0x63/0xe0 [ 5590.803193] do_syscall_64+0x38/0xc0 [ 5590.803197] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae [ 5590.803201] RIP: 0033:0x7f62aaea5912 [ 5590.803204] Code: c0 e9 b2 fe ff ff 50 48 8d 3d 5a b9 0c 00 e8 05 19 02 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 64 8b 04 25 18 00 00 00 85 c0 75 10 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 56 c3 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 83 ec 28 48 89 54 24 [ 5590.803213] RSP: 002b:00007fff5b659ae8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000000 [ 5590.803218] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000100000 RCX: 00007f62aaea5912 [ 5590.803221] RDX: 000000000008b000 RSI: 00007f62a8c4000f RDI: 0000000000000006 [ 5590.803225] RBP: 00007f62a8bcb00f R08: 0000000000200010 R09: 0000000000101000 [ 5590.803229] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000006 [ 5590.803233] R13: 0000000000075000 R14: 00007f62a8acb010 R15: 0000000000200000 [ 5590.803238] </TASK> [ 5590.803240] Modules linked in: i915 ttm drm_buddy drm_dp_helper drm_kms_helper syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt fb_sys_fops prime_numbers nfnetlink br_netfilter overlay mei_pxp mei_hdcp x86_pkg_temp_thermal coretemp kvm_intel snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_hda_intel ---truncated---

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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:>= 5.0, < 5.10.124>= 5.11, < 5.15.49>= 5.16, < 5.18.6= 5.19

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 5.10.124 / 5.15.49 / 5.18.6 or later
Fixed in 5.10.1245.15.495.18.6
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

Upgrade to kernel 5.10.124+ (for 5.10.x), 5.15.49+ (for 5.11-5.14.x), 5.18.6+ (for 5.16-5.17.x), or 6.0+ (for 5.19.x)

  1. Identify the currently running kernel version using `uname -r`
  2. Determine which branch your kernel originates from (e.g., 5.10.x, 5.15.x, 5.16.x, 5.17.x, or 5.19.x)
  3. For kernels from the 5.10 branch: upgrade to version 5.10.124 or later
  4. For kernels from the 5.11-5.14 branch: upgrade to version 5.15.49 or later
  5. For kernels from the 5.16-5.17 branch: upgrade to version 5.18.6 or later
  6. For kernels from the 5.19 branch: upgrade to version 6.0 or later (5.19.x is not maintained; 6.0 contains the fix)
  7. After kernel upgrade, reboot the system to load the fixed kernel
Caveat Kernel upgrades may require rebuilding third-party kernel modules (like proprietary drivers). Ensure compatibility of user-space tools with the new kernel version before production deployment.

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