# CVE-2022-49133: drm/amdkfd: svm range restore work deadlock when process exit

> A deadlock in the Linux kernel's AMD GPU driver can cause a system hang when a process exits, leading to denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **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:** 26 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 12 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49133, GHSA-wg4q-grgr-4qgj, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2022-49133, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49133

## What is CVE-2022-49133?

CVE-2022-49133 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2025. 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/amdkfd: svm range restore work deadlock when process exit

kfd_process_notifier_release flush svm_range_restore_work
which calls svm_range_list_lock_and_flush_work to flush deferred_list
work, but if deferred_list work mmput release the last user, it will
call exit_mmap -> notifier_release, it is deadlock with below backtrace.

Move flush svm_range_restore_work to kfd_process_wq_release to avoid
deadlock. Then svm_range_restore_work take task->mm ref to avoid mm is
gone while validating and mapping ranges to GPU.

Workqueue: events svm_range_deferred_list_work [amdgpu]
Call Trace:
 wait_for_completion+0x94/0x100
 __flush_work+0x12a/0x1e0
 __cancel_work_timer+0x10e/0x190
 cancel_delayed_work_sync+0x13/0x20
 kfd_process_notifier_release+0x98/0x2a0 [amdgpu]
 __mmu_notifier_release+0x74/0x1f0
 exit_mmap+0x170/0x200
 mmput+0x5d/0x130
 svm_range_deferred_list_work+0x104/0x230 [amdgpu]
 process_one_work+0x220/0x3c0

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49133?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-49133?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-49133 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49133 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [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-2022-49133 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-49133 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2025. 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-2022-49133 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-2022-49133/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49133/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49133
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49133
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49133

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