CVE-2022-49232 drm/amd/display: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in amdgpu_dm_connector_add_common_modes()

What is CVE-2022-49232?

CVE-2022-49232 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:

drm/amd/display: Fix a NULL pointer dereference in amdgpu_dm_connector_add_common_modes()

In amdgpu_dm_connector_add_common_modes(), amdgpu_dm_create_common_mode() is assigned to mode and is passed to drm_mode_probed_add() directly after that. drm_mode_probed_add() passes &mode->head to list_add_tail(), and there is a dereference of it in list_add_tail() without recoveries, which could lead to NULL pointer dereference on failure of amdgpu_dm_create_common_mode().

Fix this by adding a NULL check of mode.

This bug was found by a static analyzer.

Builds with 'make allyesconfig' show no new warnings, and our static analyzer no longer warns about this code.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49232?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-49232?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2022-49232 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49232 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49232, GHSA-q626-923j-fg7r, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49232.