# CVE-2022-49529: drm/amdgpu/pm: fix the null pointer while the smu is disabled

> A null pointer dereference in the AMD GPU driver causes a kernel panic when releasing context with SMU disabled, 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:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-58344, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49529, GHSA-99w7-7m35-gf5v, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2022-49529, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2022-49529, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49529

## What is CVE-2022-49529?

CVE-2022-49529 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/amdgpu/pm: fix the null pointer while the smu is disabled

It needs to check if the pp_funcs is initialized while release the
context, otherwise it will trigger null pointer panic while the software
smu is not enabled.

[ 1109.404555] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000078
[ 1109.404609] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[ 1109.404638] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
[ 1109.404657] PGD 0 P4D 0
[ 1109.404672] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI
[ 1109.404701] CPU: 7 PID: 9150 Comm: amdgpu_test Tainted: G           OEL    5.16.0-custom #1
[ 1109.404732] Hardware name: innotek GmbH VirtualBox/VirtualBox, BIOS VirtualBox 12/01/2006
[ 1109.404765] RIP: 0010:amdgpu_dpm_force_performance_level+0x1d/0x170 [amdgpu]
[ 1109.405109] Code: 5d c3 44 8b a3 f0 80 00 00 eb e5 66 90 0f 1f 44 00 00 55 48 89 e5 41 57 41 56 41 55 41 54 53 48 83 ec 08 4c 8b b7 f0 7d 00 00 <49> 83 7e 78 00 0f 84 f2 00 00 00 80 bf 87 80 00 00 00 48 89 fb 0f
[ 1109.405176] RSP: 0018:ffffaf3083ad7c20 EFLAGS: 00010282
[ 1109.405203] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffff9796b1c14600 RCX: 0000000002862007
[ 1109.405229] RDX: ffff97968591c8c0 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff9796a3700000
[ 1109.405260] RBP: ffffaf3083ad7c50 R08: ffffffff9897de00 R09: ffff979688d9db60
[ 1109.405286] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: ffff979688d9db90 R12: 0000000000000001
[ 1109.405316] R13: ffff9796a3700000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffff9796a3708fc0
[ 1109.405345] FS:  00007ff055cff180(0000) GS:ffff9796bfdc0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 1109.405378] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 1109.405400] CR2: 0000000000000078 CR3: 000000000a394000 CR4: 00000000000506e0
[ 1109.405434] Call Trace:
[ 1109.405445]  <TASK>
[ 1109.405456]  ? delete_object_full+0x1d/0x20
[ 1109.405480]  amdgpu_ctx_set_stable_pstate+0x7c/0xa0 [amdgpu]
[ 1109.405698]  amdgpu_ctx_fini.part.0+0xcb/0x100 [amdgpu]
[ 1109.405911]  amdgpu_ctx_do_release+0x71/0x80 [amdgpu]
[ 1109.406121]  amdgpu_ctx_ioctl+0x52d/0x550 [amdgpu]
[ 1109.406327]  ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x1a/0x30
[ 1109.406354]  ? drm_gem_handle_delete+0x81/0xb0 [drm]
[ 1109.406400]  ? amdgpu_ctx_get_entity+0x2c0/0x2c0 [amdgpu]
[ 1109.406609]  drm_ioctl_kernel+0xb6/0x140 [drm]

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49529?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-49529?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-49529 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49529 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-49529 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-49529 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-2022-49529 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-2022-49529/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49529/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49529
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49529
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49529

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