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CVE-2022-49490

kernel: drm/msm/mdp5: Return error code in mdp5_pipe_release when deadlock is detected

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Severity

Unknown

Red Hat Product Security

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CVSS

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Published · February 26, 2025

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

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

drm/msm/mdp5: Return error code in mdp5_pipe_release when deadlock is detected

mdp5_get_global_state runs the risk of hitting a -EDEADLK when acquiring the modeset lock, but currently mdp5_pipe_release doesn't check for if an error is returned. Because of this, there is a possibility of mdp5_pipe_release hitting a NULL dereference error.

To avoid this, let's have mdp5_pipe_release check if mdp5_get_global_state returns an error and propogate that error.

Changes since v1:

  • Separated declaration and initialization of *new_state to avoid compiler warning
  • Fixed some spelling mistakes in commit message

Changes since v2:

  • Return 0 in case where hwpipe is NULL as this is considered normal behavior
  • Added 2nd patch in series to fix a similar NULL dereference issue in mdp5_mixer_release

Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/485179/

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

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