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CVE-2022-49960

drm/i915: fix null pointer dereference

Severity Score

5.5
*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

0
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915: fix null pointer dereference Asus chromebook CX550 crashes during boot on v5.17-rc1 kernel.
The root cause is null pointer defeference of bi_next
in tgl_get_bw_info() in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_bw.c. BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 000000000000002e
PGD 0 P4D 0
Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G U 5.17.0-rc1
Hardware name: Google Delbin/Delbin, BIOS Google_Delbin.13672.156.3 05/14/2021
RIP: 0010:tgl_get_bw_info+0x2de/0x510
...
[ 2.554467] Call Trace:
[ 2.554467] <TASK>
[ 2.554467] intel_bw_init_hw+0x14a/0x434
[ 2.554467] ? _printk+0x59/0x73
[ 2.554467] ? _dev_err+0x77/0x91
[ 2.554467] i915_driver_hw_probe+0x329/0x33e
[ 2.554467] i915_driver_probe+0x4c8/0x638
[ 2.554467] i915_pci_probe+0xf8/0x14e
[ 2.554467] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x12/0x2c
[ 2.554467] pci_device_probe+0xaa/0x142
[ 2.554467] really_probe+0x13f/0x2f4
[ 2.554467] __driver_probe_device+0x9e/0xd3
[ 2.554467] driver_probe_device+0x24/0x7c
[ 2.554467] __driver_attach+0xba/0xcf
[ 2.554467] ? driver_attach+0x1f/0x1f
[ 2.554467] bus_for_each_dev+0x8c/0xc0
[ 2.554467] bus_add_driver+0x11b/0x1f7
[ 2.554467] driver_register+0x60/0xea
[ 2.554467] ? mipi_dsi_bus_init+0x16/0x16
[ 2.554467] i915_init+0x2c/0xb9
[ 2.554467] ? mipi_dsi_bus_init+0x16/0x16
[ 2.554467] do_one_initcall+0x12e/0x2b3
[ 2.554467] do_initcall_level+0xd6/0xf3
[ 2.554467] do_initcalls+0x4e/0x79
[ 2.554467] kernel_init_freeable+0xed/0x14d
[ 2.554467] ? rest_init+0xc1/0xc1
[ 2.554467] kernel_init+0x1a/0x120
[ 2.554467] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30
[ 2.554467] </TASK>
...
Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception (cherry picked from commit c247cd03898c4c43c3bce6d4014730403bc13032)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/i915: fix null pointer dereference Asus chromebook CX550 crashes during boot on v5.17-rc1 kernel. The root cause is null pointer defeference of bi_next in tgl_get_bw_info() in drivers/gpu/drm/i915/display/intel_bw.c. BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 000000000000002e PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0002 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G U 5.17.0-rc1 Hardware name: Google Delbin/Delbin, BIOS Google_Delbin.13672.156.3 05/14/2021 RIP: 0010:tgl_get_bw_info+0x2de/0x510 ... [ 2.554467] Call Trace: [ 2.554467] <TASK> [ 2.554467] intel_bw_init_hw+0x14a/0x434 [ 2.554467] ? _printk+0x59/0x73 [ 2.554467] ? _dev_err+0x77/0x91 [ 2.554467] i915_driver_hw_probe+0x329/0x33e [ 2.554467] i915_driver_probe+0x4c8/0x638 [ 2.554467] i915_pci_probe+0xf8/0x14e [ 2.554467] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x12/0x2c [ 2.554467] pci_device_probe+0xaa/0x142 [ 2.554467] really_probe+0x13f/0x2f4 [ 2.554467] __driver_probe_device+0x9e/0xd3 [ 2.554467] driver_probe_device+0x24/0x7c [ 2.554467] __driver_attach+0xba/0xcf [ 2.554467] ? driver_attach+0x1f/0x1f [ 2.554467] bus_for_each_dev+0x8c/0xc0 [ 2.554467] bus_add_driver+0x11b/0x1f7 [ 2.554467] driver_register+0x60/0xea [ 2.554467] ? mipi_dsi_bus_init+0x16/0x16 [ 2.554467] i915_init+0x2c/0xb9 [ 2.554467] ? mipi_dsi_bus_init+0x16/0x16 [ 2.554467] do_one_initcall+0x12e/0x2b3 [ 2.554467] do_initcall_level+0xd6/0xf3 [ 2.554467] do_initcalls+0x4e/0x79 [ 2.554467] kernel_init_freeable+0xed/0x14d [ 2.554467] ? rest_init+0xc1/0xc1 [ 2.554467] kernel_init+0x1a/0x120 [ 2.554467] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 [ 2.554467] </TASK> ... Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception (cherry picked from commit c247cd03898c4c43c3bce6d4014730403bc13032)

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Complete
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  • Decision:-
Exploitation
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Automatable
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Tech. Impact
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* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2025-06-18 CVE Reserved
  • 2025-06-18 CVE Published
  • 2025-06-18 CVE Updated
  • 2025-06-18 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
  • ---------- First Exploit
CWE
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.17 < 5.19.8
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Linux
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Linux Kernel
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>= 5.17 < 6.0
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