CVE-2022-49525 media: cx25821: Fix the warning when removing the module
A kernel warning and potential resource leak occur when removing the cx25821 media driver module, requiring a patch to fix IRQ cleanup order.
- 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-2022-49525?
CVE-2022-49525 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:
media: cx25821: Fix the warning when removing the module
When removing the module, we will get the following warning:
[ 14.746697] remove_proc_entry: removing non-empty directory 'irq/21', leaking at least 'cx25821[1]' [ 14.747449] WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 368 at fs/proc/generic.c:717 remove_proc_entry+0x389/0x3f0 [ 14.751611] RIP: 0010:remove_proc_entry+0x389/0x3f0 [ 14.759589] Call Trace: [ 14.759792] <TASK> [ 14.759975] unregister_irq_proc+0x14c/0x170 [ 14.760340] irq_free_descs+0x94/0xe0 [ 14.760640] mp_unmap_irq+0xb6/0x100 [ 14.760937] acpi_unregister_gsi_ioapic+0x27/0x40 [ 14.761334] acpi_pci_irq_disable+0x1d3/0x320 [ 14.761688] pci_disable_device+0x1ad/0x380 [ 14.762027] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x2d/0x60 [ 14.762442] ? cx25821_shutdown+0x20/0x9f0 [cx25821] [ 14.762848] cx25821_finidev+0x48/0xc0 [cx25821] [ 14.763242] pci_device_remove+0x92/0x240
Fix this by freeing the irq before call pci_disable_device().
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49525?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2022-49525?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2022-49525 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49525 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49525, GHSA-h6cv-frr5-2g43, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49525.