# CVE-2022-49175: PM: core: keep irq flags in device_pm_check_callbacks()

> A kernel bug in device power management causes a warning and potential instability when IRQ flags are not preserved during spinlock operations.

- **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:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49175, GHSA-3hj3-wm67-265x, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49175

## What is CVE-2022-49175?

CVE-2022-49175 is a medium-severity 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:

PM: core: keep irq flags in device_pm_check_callbacks()

The function device_pm_check_callbacks() can be called under the spin
lock (in the reported case it happens from genpd_add_device() ->
dev_pm_domain_set(), when the genpd uses spinlocks rather than mutexes.

However this function uncoditionally uses spin_lock_irq() /
spin_unlock_irq(), thus not preserving the CPU flags. Use the
irqsave/irqrestore instead.

The backtrace for the reference:
[    2.752010] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[    2.756769] raw_local_irq_restore() called with IRQs enabled
[    2.762596] WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 1 at kernel/locking/irqflag-debug.c:10 warn_bogus_irq_restore+0x34/0x50
[    2.772338] Modules linked in:
[    2.775487] CPU: 4 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G S                5.17.0-rc6-00384-ge330d0d82eff-dirty #684
[    2.781384] Freeing initrd memory: 46024K
[    2.785839] pstate: 60400005 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
[    2.785841] pc : warn_bogus_irq_restore+0x34/0x50
[    2.785844] lr : warn_bogus_irq_restore+0x34/0x50
[    2.785846] sp : ffff80000805b7d0
[    2.785847] x29: ffff80000805b7d0 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: 0000000000000002
[    2.785850] x26: ffffd40e80930b18 x25: ffff7ee2329192b8 x24: ffff7edfc9f60800
[    2.785853] x23: ffffd40e80930b18 x22: ffffd40e80930d30 x21: ffff7edfc0dffa00
[    2.785856] x20: ffff7edfc09e3768 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: ffffffffffffffff
[    2.845775] x17: 6572206f74206465 x16: 6c696166203a3030 x15: ffff80008805b4f7
[    2.853108] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: ffffd40e809550b0 x12: 00000000000003d8
[    2.860441] x11: 0000000000000148 x10: ffffd40e809550b0 x9 : ffffd40e809550b0
[    2.867774] x8 : 00000000ffffefff x7 : ffffd40e809ad0b0 x6 : ffffd40e809ad0b0
[    2.875107] x5 : 000000000000bff4 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000000
[    2.882440] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : ffff7edfc03a8000
[    2.889774] Call trace:
[    2.892290]  warn_bogus_irq_restore+0x34/0x50
[    2.896770]  _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x94/0xa0
[    2.901690]  genpd_unlock_spin+0x20/0x30
[    2.905724]  genpd_add_device+0x100/0x2d0
[    2.909850]  __genpd_dev_pm_attach+0xa8/0x23c
[    2.914329]  genpd_dev_pm_attach_by_id+0xc4/0x190
[    2.919167]  genpd_dev_pm_attach_by_name+0x3c/0xd0
[    2.924086]  dev_pm_domain_attach_by_name+0x24/0x30
[    2.929102]  psci_dt_attach_cpu+0x24/0x90
[    2.933230]  psci_cpuidle_probe+0x2d4/0x46c
[    2.937534]  platform_probe+0x68/0xe0
[    2.941304]  really_probe.part.0+0x9c/0x2fc
[    2.945605]  __driver_probe_device+0x98/0x144
[    2.950085]  driver_probe_device+0x44/0x15c
[    2.954385]  __device_attach_driver+0xb8/0x120
[    2.958950]  bus_for_each_drv+0x78/0xd0
[    2.962896]  __device_attach+0xd8/0x180
[    2.966843]  device_initial_probe+0x14/0x20
[    2.971144]  bus_probe_device+0x9c/0xa4
[    2.975092]  device_add+0x380/0x88c
[    2.978679]  platform_device_add+0x114/0x234
[    2.983067]  platform_device_register_full+0x100/0x190
[    2.988344]  psci_idle_init+0x6c/0xb0
[    2.992113]  do_one_initcall+0x74/0x3a0
[    2.996060]  kernel_init_freeable+0x2fc/0x384
[    3.000543]  kernel_init+0x28/0x130
[    3.004132]  ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
[    3.007817] irq event stamp: 319826
[    3.011404] hardirqs last  enabled at (319825): [<ffffd40e7eda0268>] __up_console_sem+0x78/0x84
[    3.020332] hardirqs last disabled at (319826): [<ffffd40e7fd6d9d8>] el1_dbg+0x24/0x8c
[    3.028458] softirqs last  enabled at (318312): [<ffffd40e7ec90410>] _stext+0x410/0x588
[    3.036678] softirqs last disabled at (318299): [<ffffd40e7ed1bf68>] __irq_exit_rcu+0x158/0x174
[    3.045607] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49175?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-49175?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-49175 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49175 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-49175 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-49175 is a medium-severity 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-2022-49175 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-2022-49175/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49175/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49175
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49175
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49175

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49175/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.
