CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2022-49529 — Linux Linux Kernel security vulnerability

Medium CVSS 5.5

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu/pm: fix the null pointer while the smu is disabled It needs to check if the pp_funcs is initialized while release the context, otherwise it will trigger null pointer panic while the software smu is not enabled. [ 1109.404555] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000078 [ 1109.404609] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [ 1109.404638] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [ 1109.404657] PGD 0 P4D 0 [ 1109.404672] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [ 1109.404701] CPU: 7 PID: 9150 Comm: amdgpu_test Tainted: G OEL 5.16.0-custom #1 [ 1109.404732] Hardware name: innotek GmbH VirtualBox/VirtualBox, BIOS VirtualBox 12/01/2006 [ 1109.404765] RIP: 0010:amdgpu_dpm_force_performance_level+0x1d/0x170 [amdgpu] [ 1109.405109] Code: 5d c3 44 8b a3 f0 80 00 00 eb e5 66 90 0f 1f 44 00 00 55 48 89 e5 41 57 41 56 41 55 41 54 53 48 83 ec 08 4c 8b b7 f0 7d 00 00 <49> 83 7e 78 00 0f 84 f2 00 00 00 80 bf 87 80 00 00 00 48 89 fb 0f [ 1109.405176] RSP: 0018:ffffaf3083ad7c20 EFLAGS: 00010282 [ 1109.405203] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff9796b1c14600 RCX: 0000000002862007 [ 1109.405229] RDX: ffff9796…

Severity
Medium
CVSS
5.5 (3.1)
Published
2025-02-26
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
linux/kernel
Weaknesses
CWE-476

Affected products

  • linux / linux_kernel

Matched remediation archetype

Buffer bounds, memory safety, and memory corruption

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Check exposure

  • Identify affected native-code versions, build flags, architectures, parsers, codecs, drivers, and input paths in all shipped artifacts.
  • Determine whether untrusted data reaches the affected routine and the process privilege, sandbox, and network exposure.
  • Confirm statically linked, vendored, firmware, and platform-provided copies, not only package-manager records.

Remediate safely

  • Apply the maintained upstream correction or replace the affected component, then rebuild every dependent artifact from clean inputs.
  • Adopt bounds-checked interfaces, validated sizes and integer conversions, clear ownership, and memory-safe components where practical.
  • Enable supported compiler and runtime hardening and add sanitized tests and fuzz regression seeds derived from non-weaponized fixtures.

Authoritative sources

Complete CVE record and remediation plan

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