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TI-2022-25041 Aliases CVE-2022-49532GHSA-h679-44jj-3fx8

drm/virtio: fix NULL pointer dereference in virtio_gpu_conn_get_modes

Priority LOW 25CWE-476Published · 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
Partial Red Hat: 3 without a fix

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

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/virtio: fix NULL pointer dereference in virtio_gpu_conn_get_modes drm_cvt_mode may return NULL and we should check it. This bug is found by syzkaller: FAULT_INJECTION stacktrace: [ 168.567394] FAULT_INJECTION: forcing a failure. name failslab, interval 1, probability 0, space 0, times 1 [ 168.567403] CPU: 1 PID: 6425 Comm: syz Kdump: loaded Not tainted 4.19.90-vhulk2201.1.0.h1035.kasan.eulerosv2r10.aarch64 #1 [ 168.567406] Hardware name: QEMU KVM Virtual Machine, BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015 [ 168.567408] Call trace: [ 168.567414] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x310 [ 168.567418] show_stack+0x28/0x38 [ 168.567423] dump_stack+0xec/0x15c [ 168.567427] should_fail+0x3ac/0x3d0 [ 168.567437] __should_failslab+0xb8/0x120 [ 168.567441] should_failslab+0x28/0xc0 [ 168.567445] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x50/0x640 [ 168.567454] drm_mode_create+0x40/0x90 [ 168.567458] drm_cvt_mode+0x48/0xc78 [ 168.567477] virtio_gpu_conn_get_modes+0xa8/0x140 [virtio_gpu] [ 168.567485] drm_helper_probe_single_connector_modes+0x3a4/0xd80 [ 168.567492] drm_mode_getconnector+0x2e0/0xa70 [ 168.567496] drm_ioctl_kernel+0x11c/0x1d8 [ 168.567514] drm_ioctl+0x558/0x6d0 [ 168.567522] do_vfs_ioctl+0x160/0xf30 [ 168.567525] ksys_ioctl+0x98/0xd8 [ 168.567530] __arm64_sys_ioctl+0x50/0xc8 [ 168.567536] el0_svc_common+0xc8/0x320 [ 168.567540] el0_svc_handler+0xf8/0x160 [ 168.567544] el0_svc+0x10/0x218 KASAN stacktrace: [ 168.567561] BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in virtio_gpu_conn_get_modes+0xb4/0x140 [virtio_gpu] [ 168.567565] Read of size 4 at addr 0000000000000054 by task syz/6425 [ 168.567566] [ 168.567571] CPU: 1 PID: 6425 Comm: syz Kdump: loaded Not tainted 4.19.90-vhulk2201.1.0.h1035.kasan.eulerosv2r10.aarch64 #1 [ 168.567573] Hardware name: QEMU KVM Virtual Machine, BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015 [ 168.567575] Call trace: [ 168.567578] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x310 [ 168.567582] show_stack+0x28/0x38 [ 168.567586] dump_stack+0xec/0x15c [ 168.567591] kasan_report+0x244/0x2f0 [ 168.567594] __asan_load4+0x58/0xb0 [ 168.567607] virtio_gpu_conn_get_modes+0xb4/0x140 [virtio_gpu] [ 168.567612] drm_helper_probe_single_connector_modes+0x3a4/0xd80 [ 168.567617] drm_mode_getconnector+0x2e0/0xa70 [ 168.567621] drm_ioctl_kernel+0x11c/0x1d8 [ 168.567624] drm_ioctl+0x558/0x6d0 [ 168.567628] do_vfs_ioctl+0x160/0xf30 [ 168.567632] ksys_ioctl+0x98/0xd8 [ 168.567636] __arm64_sys_ioctl+0x50/0xc8 [ 168.567641] el0_svc_common+0xc8/0x320 [ 168.567645] el0_svc_handler+0xf8/0x160 [ 168.567649] el0_svc+0x10/0x218

Why it matters now

Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00324 25th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 4.9.318, 4.14.283, 4.19.247 +6Red 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

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux4.2 and later4.9.318, 4.14.283, 4.19.247, 5.4.198, 5.10.121, 5.15.46, 5.17.14, 5.18.3, 5.19Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 4.2 and later Fixed in 4.9.318, 4.14.283, 4.19.247, 5.4.198, 5.10.121, 5.15.46, 5.17.14, 5.18.3, 5.19 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*before 4.9.318; 4.10 to before 4.14.283; 4.15 to before 4.19.247; 4.20 to before 5.4.198; 5.5 to before 5.10.121; 5.11 to before 5.15.46; 5.16 to before 5.17.14; 5.18 to before 5.18.3VulnerableLinux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 4.9.318; 4.10 to before 4.14.283; 4.15 to before 4.19.247; 4.20 to before 5.4.198; 5.5 to before 5.10.121; 5.11 to before 5.15.46; 5.16 to before 5.17.14; 5.18 to before 5.18.3 Vulnerable ·Linux

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 4.9.318, 4.14.283, 4.19.247, 5.4.198, 5.10.121, 5.15.46, 5.17.14, 5.18.3, 5.19

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

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

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-49532
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h679-44jj-3fx8

References

Patch 9

  • 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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