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TI-2022-25005 Aliases CVE-2022-49496GHSA-p4v4-q7w4-pw4w

media: mediatek: vcodec: prevent kernel crash when rmmod mtk-vcodec-dec.ko

Priority LOW 24CWE-667Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-667 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: mediatek: vcodec: prevent kernel crash when rmmod mtk-vcodec-dec.ko If the driver support subdev mode, the parameter "dev->pm.dev" will be NULL in mtk_vcodec_dec_remove. Kernel will crash when try to rmmod mtk-vcodec-dec.ko. [ 4380.702726] pc : do_raw_spin_trylock+0x4/0x80 [ 4380.707075] lr : _raw_spin_lock_irq+0x90/0x14c [ 4380.711509] sp : ffff80000819bc10 [ 4380.714811] x29: ffff80000819bc10 x28: ffff3600c03e4000 x27: 0000000000000000 [ 4380.721934] x26: 0000000000000000 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000000000000000 [ 4380.729057] x23: ffff3600c0f34930 x22: ffffd5e923549000 x21: 0000000000000220 [ 4380.736179] x20: 0000000000000208 x19: ffffd5e9213e8ebc x18: 0000000000000020 [ 4380.743298] x17: 0000002000000000 x16: ffffd5e9213e8e90 x15: 696c346f65646976 [ 4380.750420] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000001 x12: 0000000000000040 [ 4380.757542] x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : 0000000000000000 [ 4380.764664] x8 : 0000000000000000 x7 : ffff3600c7273ae8 x6 : ffffd5e9213e8ebc [ 4380.771786] x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000001 x3 : 0000000000000000 [ 4380.778908] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : ffff3600c03e4000 x0 : 0000000000000208 [ 4380.786031] Call trace: [ 4380.788465] do_raw_spin_trylock+0x4/0x80 [ 4380.792462] __pm_runtime_disable+0x2c/0x1b0 [ 4380.796723] mtk_vcodec_dec_remove+0x5c/0xa0 [mtk_vcodec_dec] [ 4380.802466] platform_remove+0x2c/0x60 [ 4380.806204] __device_release_driver+0x194/0x250 [ 4380.810810] driver_detach+0xc8/0x15c [ 4380.814462] bus_remove_driver+0x5c/0xb0 [ 4380.818375] driver_unregister+0x34/0x64 [ 4380.822288] platform_driver_unregister+0x18/0x24 [ 4380.826979] mtk_vcodec_dec_driver_exit+0x1c/0x888 [mtk_vcodec_dec] [ 4380.833240] __arm64_sys_delete_module+0x190/0x224 [ 4380.838020] invoke_syscall+0x48/0x114 [ 4380.841760] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x60/0x11c [ 4380.846540] do_el0_svc+0x28/0x90 [ 4380.849844] el0_svc+0x4c/0x100 [ 4380.852975] el0t_64_sync_handler+0xec/0xf0 [ 4380.857148] el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194 [ 4380.860801] Code: 94431515 17ffffca d503201f d503245f (b9400004)

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00169 6th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Linux (Linux): 5.18.3, 5.19

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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux5.18 and later5.18.3, 5.19Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 5.18 and later Fixed in 5.18.3, 5.19 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 5.18.3VulnerableLinux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 5.18.3 Vulnerable ·Linux

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.18.3, 5.19

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

Not affected: 5 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-49496
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-p4v4-q7w4-pw4w

References

Patch 2

  • 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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