CVE-2022-49723 drm/i915/reset: Fix error_state_read ptr + offset use

Medium 5.5 Published 26 Feb 2025 Updated 11 May 2026

A null pointer dereference in the i915 driver causes a kernel page fault and system crash during concurrent GPU reset operations.

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-2022-49723?

CVE-2022-49723 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/i915/reset: Fix error_state_read ptr + offset use

Fix our pointer offset usage in error_state_read when there is no i915_gpu_coredump but buf offset is non-zero.

This fixes a kernel page fault can happen when multiple tests are running concurrently in a loop and one is producing engine resets and consuming the i915 error_state dump while the other is forcing full GT resets. (takes a while to trigger).

The dmesg call trace:

[ 5590.803000] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffffffa0b0e000 [ 5590.803009] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode [ 5590.803013] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page [ 5590.803016] PGD 5814067 P4D 5814067 PUD 5815063 PMD 109de4067 PTE 0 [ 5590.803022] Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [ 5590.803026] CPU: 5 PID: 13656 Comm: i915_hangman Tainted: G U 5.17.0-rc5-ups69-guc-err-capt-rev6+ #136 [ 5590.803033] Hardware name: Intel Corporation Alder Lake Client Platform/AlderLake-M LP4x RVP, BIOS ADLPFWI1.R00. 3031.A02.2201171222 01/17/2022 [ 5590.803039] RIP: 0010:memcpy_erms+0x6/0x10 [ 5590.803045] Code: fe ff ff cc eb 1e 0f 1f 00 48 89 f8 48 89 d1 48 c1 e9 03 83 e2 07 f3 48 a5 89 d1 f3 a4 c3 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 89 f8 48 89 d1 <f3> a4 c3 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 48 89 f8 48 83 fa 20 72 7e 40 38 fe [ 5590.803054] RSP: 0018:ffffc90003a8fdf0 EFLAGS: 00010282 [ 5590.803057] RAX: ffff888107ee9000 RBX: ffff888108cb1a00 RCX: 0000000000000f8f [ 5590.803061] RDX: 0000000000001000 RSI: ffffffffa0b0e000 RDI: ffff888107ee9071 [ 5590.803065] RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000001 R09: 0000000000000001 [ 5590.803069] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000002 R12: 0000000000000019 [ 5590.803073] R13: 0000000000174fff R14: 0000000000001000 R15: ffff888107ee9000 [ 5590.803077] FS: 00007f62a99bee80(0000) GS:ffff88849f880000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 5590.803082] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 5590.803085] CR2: ffffffffa0b0e000 CR3: 000000010a1a8004 CR4: 0000000000770ee0 [ 5590.803089] PKRU: 55555554 [ 5590.803091] Call Trace: [ 5590.803093] <TASK> [ 5590.803096] error_state_read+0xa1/0xd0 [i915] [ 5590.803175] kernfs_fop_read_iter+0xb2/0x1b0 [ 5590.803180] new_sync_read+0x116/0x1a0 [ 5590.803185] vfs_read+0x114/0x1b0 [ 5590.803189] ksys_read+0x63/0xe0 [ 5590.803193] do_syscall_64+0x38/0xc0 [ 5590.803197] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae [ 5590.803201] RIP: 0033:0x7f62aaea5912 [ 5590.803204] Code: c0 e9 b2 fe ff ff 50 48 8d 3d 5a b9 0c 00 e8 05 19 02 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 64 8b 04 25 18 00 00 00 85 c0 75 10 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 56 c3 0f 1f 44 00 00 48 83 ec 28 48 89 54 24 [ 5590.803213] RSP: 002b:00007fff5b659ae8 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000000 [ 5590.803218] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000100000 RCX: 00007f62aaea5912 [ 5590.803221] RDX: 000000000008b000 RSI: 00007f62a8c4000f RDI: 0000000000000006 [ 5590.803225] RBP: 00007f62a8bcb00f R08: 0000000000200010 R09: 0000000000101000 [ 5590.803229] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000006 [ 5590.803233] R13: 0000000000075000 R14: 00007f62a8acb010 R15: 0000000000200000 [ 5590.803238] </TASK> [ 5590.803240] Modules linked in: i915 ttm drm_buddy drm_dp_helper drm_kms_helper syscopyarea sysfillrect sysimgblt fb_sys_fops prime_numbers nfnetlink br_netfilter overlay mei_pxp mei_hdcp x86_pkg_temp_thermal coretemp kvm_intel snd_hda_codec_hdmi snd_hda_intel ---truncated---

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49723?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-49723?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2022-49723 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49723 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49723, GHSA-4qfg-6f2x-wgf4, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49723.