# CVE-2022-48761: usb: xhci-plat: fix crash when suspend if remote wake enable

> A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel xHCI driver causes a system crash during suspend when remote wake is enabled.

- **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:** 20 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48761, GHSA-f975-vjfw-7f99, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48761

## What is CVE-2022-48761?

CVE-2022-48761 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 20 Jun 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:

usb: xhci-plat: fix crash when suspend if remote wake enable

Crashed at i.mx8qm platform when suspend if enable remote wakeup

Internal error: synchronous external abort: 96000210 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
Modules linked in:
CPU: 2 PID: 244 Comm: kworker/u12:6 Not tainted 5.15.5-dirty #12
Hardware name: Freescale i.MX8QM MEK (DT)
Workqueue: events_unbound async_run_entry_fn
pstate: 600000c5 (nZCv daIF -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : xhci_disable_hub_port_wake.isra.62+0x60/0xf8
lr : xhci_disable_hub_port_wake.isra.62+0x34/0xf8
sp : ffff80001394bbf0
x29: ffff80001394bbf0 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: ffff00081193b578
x26: ffff00081193b570 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000000000000000
x23: ffff00081193a29c x22: 0000000000020001 x21: 0000000000000001
x20: 0000000000000000 x19: ffff800014e90490 x18: 0000000000000000
x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000
x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000002 x12: 0000000000000000
x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000960 x9 : ffff80001394baa0
x8 : ffff0008145d1780 x7 : ffff0008f95b8e80 x6 : 000000001853b453
x5 : 0000000000000496 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : ffff00081193a29c
x2 : 0000000000000001 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : ffff000814591620
Call trace:
 xhci_disable_hub_port_wake.isra.62+0x60/0xf8
 xhci_suspend+0x58/0x510
 xhci_plat_suspend+0x50/0x78
 platform_pm_suspend+0x2c/0x78
 dpm_run_callback.isra.25+0x50/0xe8
 __device_suspend+0x108/0x3c0

The basic flow:
	1. run time suspend call xhci_suspend, xhci parent devices gate the clock.
        2. echo mem >/sys/power/state, system _device_suspend call xhci_suspend
        3. xhci_suspend call xhci_disable_hub_port_wake, which access register,
	   but clock already gated by run time suspend.

This problem was hidden by power domain driver, which call run time resume before it.

But the below commit remove it and make this issue happen.
	commit c1df456d0f06e ("PM: domains: Don't runtime resume devices at genpd_prepare()")

This patch call run time resume before suspend to make sure clock is on
before access register.

Testeb-by: Abel Vesa <abel.vesa@nxp.com>

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-48761?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-48761?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-48761 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48761 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [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-2022-48761 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-48761 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 20 Jun 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-2022-48761 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-2022-48761/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48761/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48761
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48761
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-48761

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