CVE-2022-48766 drm/amd/display: Wrap dcn301_calculate_wm_and_dlg for FPU.
Missing FPU context handling in AMD display driver causes kernel panics and warnings, leading to system crashes.
- 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
What is CVE-2022-48766?
CVE-2022-48766 is a medium-severity denial of service 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:
drm/amd/display: Wrap dcn301_calculate_wm_and_dlg for FPU.
Mirrors the logic for dcn30. Cue lots of WARNs and some kernel panics without this fix.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-48766?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2022-48766?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2022-48766 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48766 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as AZL-54783, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48766, GHSA-2g7v-9r87-x6xh, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2022-48766, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48766.