CVE-2022-49460 PM / devfreq: rk3399_dmc: Disable edev on remove()
A missing disable call in the RK3399 DMC driver causes a kernel warning and potential instability when unbinding the device.
- 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-2022-49460?
CVE-2022-49460 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:
PM / devfreq: rk3399_dmc: Disable edev on remove()
Otherwise we hit an unablanced enable-count when unbinding the DFI device:
[ 1279.659119] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 1279.659179] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 5638 at drivers/devfreq/devfreq-event.c:360 devfreq_event_remove_edev+0x84/0x8c ... [ 1279.659352] Hardware name: Google Kevin (DT) [ 1279.659363] pstate: 80400005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO BTYPE=--) [ 1279.659371] pc : devfreq_event_remove_edev+0x84/0x8c [ 1279.659380] lr : devm_devfreq_event_release+0x1c/0x28 ... [ 1279.659571] Call trace: [ 1279.659582] devfreq_event_remove_edev+0x84/0x8c [ 1279.659590] devm_devfreq_event_release+0x1c/0x28 [ 1279.659602] release_nodes+0x1cc/0x244 [ 1279.659611] devres_release_all+0x44/0x60 [ 1279.659621] device_release_driver_internal+0x11c/0x1ac [ 1279.659629] device_driver_detach+0x20/0x2c [ 1279.659641] unbind_store+0x7c/0xb0 [ 1279.659650] drv_attr_store+0x2c/0x40 [ 1279.659663] sysfs_kf_write+0x44/0x58 [ 1279.659672] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0xf4/0x190 [ 1279.659684] vfs_write+0x2b0/0x2e4 [ 1279.659693] ksys_write+0x80/0xec [ 1279.659701] __arm64_sys_write+0x24/0x30 [ 1279.659714] el0_svc_common+0xf0/0x1d8 [ 1279.659724] do_el0_svc_compat+0x28/0x3c [ 1279.659738] el0_svc_compat+0x10/0x1c [ 1279.659746] el0_sync_compat_handler+0xa8/0xcc [ 1279.659758] el0_sync_compat+0x188/0x1c0 [ 1279.659768] ---[ end trace cec200e5094155b4 ]---
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49460?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2022-49460?
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-2022-49460 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49460 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49460, GHSA-w3x5-pmrm-2gvf, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49460.