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

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

- **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:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49723, GHSA-4qfg-6f2x-wgf4, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49723

## 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
        
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## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49723?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-49723 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49723 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-2022-49723/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49723/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49723
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49723
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49723

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49723/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.