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CVE-2022-50173

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-06-18
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 4.19.256 / 5.4.211 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: drm/msm/mdp5: Fix global state lock backoff We need to grab the lock after the early return for !hwpipe case. Otherwise, we could have hit contention yet still returned 0. Fixes an issue that the new CONFIG_DRM_DEBUG_MODESET_LOCK stuff flagged in CI: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 282 at drivers/gpu/drm/drm_modeset_lock.c:296 drm_modeset_lock+0xf8/0x154 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 282 Comm: kms_cursor_lega Tainted: G W 5.19.0-rc2-15930-g875cc8bc536a #1 Hardware name: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. DB820c (DT) pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : drm_modeset_lock+0xf8/0x154 lr : drm_atomic_get_private_obj_state+0x84/0x170 sp : ffff80000cfab6a0 x29: ffff80000cfab6a0 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: ffff000083bc4d00 x26: 0000000000000038 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffff80000957ca58 x23: 0000000000000000 x22: ffff000081ace080 x21: 0000000000000001 x20: ffff000081acec18 x19: ffff80000cfabb80 x18: 0000000000000038 x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: fffffffffffea0d0 x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 284e4f5f4e524157 x12: 5f534b434f4c5f47 x11: ffff80000a386aa8 x10: 0000000000000029 x9 : ffff80000cfab610 x8 : 0000000000000029 x7 : 0000000000000014 x6 : 0000000000000000 x5 : 0000000000000001 x4 : ffff8000081ad904 x3 : 0000000000000029 x2 : ffff0000801db4c0 x1 : ffff80000cfabb80 x0 : ffff000081aceb58 Call trace: drm_modeset_lock+0xf8/0x154 drm_atomic_get_private_obj_state+0x84/0x170 mdp5_get_global_state+0x54/0x6c mdp5_pipe_release+0x2c/0xd4 mdp5_plane_atomic_check+0x2ec/0x414 drm_atomic_helper_check_planes+0xd8/0x210 drm_atomic_helper_check+0x54/0xb0 ... ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- drm_modeset_lock attempting to lock a contended lock without backoff: drm_modeset_lock+0x148/0x154 mdp5_get_global_state+0x30/0x6c mdp5_pipe_release+0x2c/0xd4 mdp5_plane_atomic_check+0x290/0x414 drm_atomic_helper_check_planes+0xd8/0x210 drm_atomic_helper_check+0x54/0xb0 drm_atomic_check_only+0x4b0/0x8f4 drm_atomic_commit+0x68/0xe0 Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/492701/

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.

dbcve analysis
How this class of weakness works · CWE-667

Shared resources are accessed without correct locking, so concurrent operations interleave into inconsistent — and sometimes exploitable — states, or deadlock the service outright. These bugs are subtle and timing-dependent. The fix is correct, consistent locking or atomic operations around every shared resource.

General guidance for the improper locking class — the official description and references above are authoritative for this specific CVE. Want a bespoke review and a reviewed fix? Ask our team →

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:>= 4.19.247, < 4.19.256>= 5.4.198, < 5.4.211>= 5.10.121, < 5.10.137>= 5.15.46, < 5.15.61>= 5.17.14, < 5.18>= 5.18.3, < 5.18.18>= 5.19, < 5.19.2

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 4.19.256 / 5.4.211 / 5.10.137 or later
Fixed in 4.19.2565.4.2115.10.137
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

Upgrade to kernel 4.19.256+ / 5.4.211+ / 5.10.137+ / 5.15.61+ as appropriate for your branch

  1. Identify the currently running Linux kernel version using `uname -r`
  2. Determine which version branch your current kernel falls into (4.19.x, 5.4.x, 5.10.x, or 5.15.x)
  3. Upgrade the Linux kernel to a fixed version: for 4.19.x branch use >= 4.19.256, for 5.4.x use >= 5.4.211, for 5.10.x use >= 5.10.137, or for 5.15.x use >= 5.15.61
  4. Reboot the system to load the patched kernel
  5. Verify the fix is applied by checking the kernel version with `uname -r` and confirming the drm/msm/mdp5 module loads without the locking warning
Caveat Kernel upgrades may require matching system utilities and could introduce compatibility changes with out-of-tree drivers

Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.

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