TI-2022-24797 Aliases CVE-2022-49286 GHSA-j8q3-52jg-4q93

tpm: use try_get_ops() in tpm-space.c

LOW 21CWE-476Published 2025-02-26 · Updated 2026-11-05

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: High
Impact type: Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: None · None · High
Fix status: Partial Red Hat: 3 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-476.

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tpm: use try_get_ops() in tpm-space.c As part of the series conversion to remove nested TPM operations: https://lore.kernel.org/all/[email protected]/ exposure of the chip->tpm_mutex was removed from much of the upper level code. In this conversion, tpm2_del_space() was missed. This didn't matter much because it's usually called closely after a converted operation, so there's only a very tiny race window where the chip can be removed before the space flushing is done which causes a NULL deref on the mutex. However, there are reports of this window being hit in practice, so fix this by converting tpm2_del_space() to use tpm_try_get_ops(), which performs all the teardown checks before acquring the mutex.

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00238 14th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 5.4.188, 5.10.109, 5.15.32 +3Red Hat: 3 without a fix

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: None
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Linux	Linux	4.12 and later	5.4.188, 5.10.109, 5.15.32, 5.16.18, 5.17.1, 5.18	Patch available	CNA

Linux VendorLinux Affected 4.12 and later Fixed in 5.4.188, 5.10.109, 5.15.32, 5.16.18, 5.17.1, 5.18 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	4.12 to before 5.4.188; 5.5 to before 5.10.109; 5.11 to before 5.15.32; 5.16 to before 5.16.18	Vulnerable	Linux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:::::::*	5.17	Vulnerable	Linux

cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 4.12 to before 5.4.188; 5.5 to before 5.10.109; 5.11 to before 5.15.32; 5.16 to before 5.16.18 Vulnerable ·Linux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.17 Vulnerable ·Linux

Remediation

Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.4.188, 5.10.109, 5.15.32, 5.16.18, 5.17.1, 5.18

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7	Affected	No fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8	Affected	No fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9	Affected	No fix yet

Not affected: 2 products

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-49286
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j8q3-52jg-4q93
2026-11-05 CISA SSVC decision points changed

References

Patch 6

TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
TI-2021-05514 Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3

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Sources

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