{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2022-49070", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-02-26T01:49:39.244Z", "datePublished": "2025-02-26T01:54:36.360Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T18:52:26.824Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T18:52:26.824Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nfbdev: Fix unregistering of framebuffers without device\n\nOF framebuffers do not have an underlying device in the Linux\ndevice hierarchy. Do a regular unregister call instead of hot\nunplugging such a non-existing device. Fixes a NULL dereference.\nAn example error message on ppc64le is shown below.\n\n BUG: Kernel NULL pointer dereference on read at 0x00000060\n Faulting instruction address: 0xc00000000080dfa4\n Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1]\n LE PAGE_SIZE=64K MMU=Hash SMP NR_CPUS=2048 NUMA pSeries\n [...]\n CPU: 2 PID: 139 Comm: systemd-udevd Not tainted 5.17.0-ae085d7f9365 #1\n NIP: c00000000080dfa4 LR: c00000000080df9c CTR: c000000000797430\n REGS: c000000004132fe0 TRAP: 0300 Not tainted (5.17.0-ae085d7f9365)\n MSR: 8000000002009033 CR: 28228282 XER: 20000000\n CFAR: c00000000000c80c DAR: 0000000000000060 DSISR: 40000000 IRQMASK: 0\n GPR00: c00000000080df9c c000000004133280 c00000000169d200 0000000000000029\n GPR04: 00000000ffffefff c000000004132f90 c000000004132f88 0000000000000000\n GPR08: c0000000015658f8 c0000000015cd200 c0000000014f57d0 0000000048228283\n GPR12: 0000000000000000 c00000003fffe300 0000000020000000 0000000000000000\n GPR16: 0000000000000000 0000000113fc4a40 0000000000000005 0000000113fcfb80\n GPR20: 000001000f7283b0 0000000000000000 c000000000e4a588 c000000000e4a5b0\n GPR24: 0000000000000001 00000000000a0000 c008000000db0168 c0000000021f6ec0\n GPR28: c0000000016d65a8 c000000004b36460 0000000000000000 c0000000016d64b0\n NIP [c00000000080dfa4] do_remove_conflicting_framebuffers+0x184/0x1d0\n [c000000004133280] [c00000000080df9c] do_remove_conflicting_framebuffers+0x17c/0x1d0 (unreliable)\n [c000000004133350] [c00000000080e4d0] remove_conflicting_framebuffers+0x60/0x150\n [c0000000041333a0] [c00000000080e6f4] remove_conflicting_pci_framebuffers+0x134/0x1b0\n [c000000004133450] [c008000000e70438] drm_aperture_remove_conflicting_pci_framebuffers+0x90/0x100 [drm]\n [c000000004133490] [c008000000da0ce4] bochs_pci_probe+0x6c/0xa64 [bochs]\n [...]\n [c000000004133db0] [c00000000002aaa0] system_call_exception+0x170/0x2d0\n [c000000004133e10] [c00000000000c3cc] system_call_common+0xec/0x250\n\nThe bug [1] was introduced by commit 27599aacbaef (\"fbdev: Hot-unplug\nfirmware fb devices on forced removal\"). Most firmware framebuffers\nhave an underlying platform device, which can be hot-unplugged\nbefore loading the native graphics driver. OF framebuffers do not\n(yet) have that device. Fix the code by unregistering the framebuffer\nas before without a hot unplug.\n\nTested with 5.17 on qemu ppc64le emulation." } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "c894ac44786cfed383a6c6b20c1bfb12eb96018a", "lessThan": "2388f826cdc9af2651991adc0feb79de9bdf2232", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "9565a3b5203a4d57acbc1d0e981c6df71864b4ab", "lessThan": "de33df481545974ba47c46f05194e769e4307843", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "4d695d7c276f15adb1d2b64c584c3cf8f4f9e9ce", "lessThan": "feed87ff122b1640c221d4dd559442ab2cd50bb1", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "27599aacbaefcbf2af7b06b0029459bbf682000d", "lessThan": "0f525289ff0ddeb380813bd81e0f9bdaaa1c9078", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmem.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "5.15.33", "lessThan": "5.15.34", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.16.19", "lessThan": "5.16.20", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.17.2", "lessThan": "5.17.3", "status": "affected", "versionType": "semver" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.15.33", "versionEndExcluding": "5.15.34" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.16.19", "versionEndExcluding": "5.16.20" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.17.2", "versionEndExcluding": "5.17.3" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2388f826cdc9af2651991adc0feb79de9bdf2232" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de33df481545974ba47c46f05194e769e4307843" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/feed87ff122b1640c221d4dd559442ab2cd50bb1" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f525289ff0ddeb380813bd81e0f9bdaaa1c9078" } ], "title": "fbdev: Fix unregistering of framebuffers without device", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } }, "adp": [ { "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "scope": "UNCHANGED", "version": "3.1", "baseScore": 5.5, "attackVector": "LOCAL", "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "userInteraction": "NONE", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE" } }, { "other": { "type": "ssvc", "content": { "id": "CVE-2022-49070", "role": "CISA Coordinator", "options": [ { "Exploitation": "none" }, { "Automatable": "no" }, { "Technical Impact": "partial" } ], "version": "2.0.3", "timestamp": "2025-10-01T19:49:37.472130Z" } } } ], "problemTypes": [ { "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "type": "CWE", "cweId": "CWE-476", "description": "CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference" } ] } ], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2025-10-01T19:57:06.034Z" } } ] } }