CVE-2022-49488

drm/msm/mdp5: Return error code in mdp5_mixer_release when deadlock is detected

published February 26, 2025

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
18.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/msm/mdp5: Return error code in mdp5_mixer_release when deadlock is detected

There is a possibility for mdp5_get_global_state to return

-EDEADLK when acquiring the modeset lock, but currently global_state in

mdp5_mixer_release doesn't check for if an error is returned.

To avoid a NULL dereference error, let's have mdp5_mixer_release

check if an error is returned and propagate that error.

Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/485181/

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00269 · 18.1th percentile
Published
2025-02-26T02:13Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 26 FEB 02:13Z
    drm/msm/mdp5: Return error code in mdp5_mixer_release when deadlock is detected
    cvelistv5