# CVE-2022-48634: drm/gma500: Fix BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context errors > A locking error in the gma500 DRM driver causes a kernel warning and potential crash when performing page flips, leading to denial of service. - **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L`) - **Exploited in the wild:** Not known - **Login needed:** Any signed-in user - **Attackable:** Local or same network only - **Victim action needed:** Not needed - **Fix available:** Yes - **Published:** 28 Apr 2024 - **Updated:** 11 May 2026 - **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48634, GHSA-7h53-ghp8-m96v, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48634 ## What is CVE-2022-48634? CVE-2022-48634 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 28 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim. ### Official description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/gma500: Fix BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context errors gma_crtc_page_flip() was holding the event_lock spinlock while calling crtc_funcs->mode_set_base() which takes ww_mutex. The only reason to hold event_lock is to clear gma_crtc->page_flip_event on mode_set_base() errors. Instead unlock it after setting gma_crtc->page_flip_event and on errors re-take the lock and clear gma_crtc->page_flip_event it it is still set. This fixes the following WARN/stacktrace: [ 512.122953] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/mutex.c:870 [ 512.123004] in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 1, non_block: 0, pid: 1253, name: gnome-shell [ 512.123031] preempt_count: 1, expected: 0 [ 512.123048] RCU nest depth: 0, expected: 0 [ 512.123066] INFO: lockdep is turned off. [ 512.123080] irq event stamp: 0 [ 512.123094] hardirqs last enabled at (0): [<0000000000000000>] 0x0 [ 512.123134] hardirqs last disabled at (0): [] copy_process+0x9fc/0x1de0 [ 512.123176] softirqs last enabled at (0): [] copy_process+0x9fc/0x1de0 [ 512.123207] softirqs last disabled at (0): [<0000000000000000>] 0x0 [ 512.123233] Preemption disabled at: [ 512.123241] [<0000000000000000>] 0x0 [ 512.123275] CPU: 3 PID: 1253 Comm: gnome-shell Tainted: G W 5.19.0+ #1 [ 512.123304] Hardware name: Packard Bell dot s/SJE01_CT, BIOS V1.10 07/23/2013 [ 512.123323] Call Trace: [ 512.123346] [ 512.123370] dump_stack_lvl+0x5b/0x77 [ 512.123412] __might_resched.cold+0xff/0x13a [ 512.123458] ww_mutex_lock+0x1e/0xa0 [ 512.123495] psb_gem_pin+0x2c/0x150 [gma500_gfx] [ 512.123601] gma_pipe_set_base+0x76/0x240 [gma500_gfx] [ 512.123708] gma_crtc_page_flip+0x95/0x130 [gma500_gfx] [ 512.123808] drm_mode_page_flip_ioctl+0x57d/0x5d0 [ 512.123897] ? drm_mode_cursor2_ioctl+0x10/0x10 [ 512.123936] drm_ioctl_kernel+0xa1/0x150 [ 512.123984] drm_ioctl+0x21f/0x420 [ 512.124025] ? drm_mode_cursor2_ioctl+0x10/0x10 [ 512.124070] ? rcu_read_lock_bh_held+0xb/0x60 [ 512.124104] ? lock_release+0x1ef/0x2d0 [ 512.124161] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x8d/0xd0 [ 512.124203] do_syscall_64+0x58/0x80 [ 512.124239] ? do_syscall_64+0x67/0x80 [ 512.124267] ? trace_hardirqs_on_prepare+0x55/0xe0 [ 512.124300] ? do_syscall_64+0x67/0x80 [ 512.124340] ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0x10/0x80 [ 512.124377] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd [ 512.124411] RIP: 0033:0x7fcc4a70740f [ 512.124442] Code: 00 48 89 44 24 18 31 c0 48 8d 44 24 60 c7 04 24 10 00 00 00 48 89 44 24 08 48 8d 44 24 20 48 89 44 24 10 b8 10 00 00 00 0f 05 <89> c2 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 18 48 8b 44 24 18 64 48 2b 04 25 28 00 00 [ 512.124470] RSP: 002b:00007ffda73f5390 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010 [ 512.124503] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 000055cc9e474500 RCX: 00007fcc4a70740f [ 512.124524] RDX: 00007ffda73f5420 RSI: 00000000c01864b0 RDI: 0000000000000009 [ 512.124544] RBP: 00007ffda73f5420 R08: 000055cc9c0b0cb0 R09: 0000000000000034 [ 512.124564] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00000000c01864b0 [ 512.124584] R13: 0000000000000009 R14: 000055cc9df484d0 R15: 000055cc9af5d0c0 [ 512.124647] Weakness: CWE-667 (Improper Locking) ## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-48634? It affects 1 product. Products: Linux kernel. ## How do I fix CVE-2022-48634? Apply the vendor's patch. ## Is CVE-2022-48634 being exploited? There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48634 in the wild and no public exploit code. ## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel - [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild) ## Fix prompt for AI coding agents ```text Check this codebase for CVE-2022-48634 and fix it if it is affected. What it is: CVE-2022-48634 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 28 Apr 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim. Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48634 in the wild and no public exploit code. Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page. Task: 1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies. 2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it. 3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead. 4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why. 5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing. Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48634/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48634/index.md) ``` ## Sources - CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48634 - NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48634 - OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-48634 --- From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48634/ Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.