Vulnerability details

CVE-2022-49218

Linux Linux

drm/dp: Fix OOB read when handling Post Cursor2 register

CVSS 3.1
7.1High

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/dp: Fix OOB read when handling Post Cursor2 register The link_status array was not large enough to read the Adjust Request Post Cursor2 register, so remove the common helper function to avoid an OOB read, found with a -Warray-bounds build: drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c: In function 'drm_dp_get_adjust_request_post_cursor': drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c:59:27: error: array subscript 10 is outside array bounds of 'const u8[6]' {aka 'const unsigned char[6]'} [-Werror=array-bounds] 59 | return link_status[r - DP_LANE0_1_STATUS]; | ~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ drivers/gpu/drm/drm_dp_helper.c:147:51: note: while referencing 'link_status' 147 | u8 drm_dp_get_adjust_request_post_cursor(const u8 link_status[DP_LINK_STATUS_SIZE], | ~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Replace the only user of the helper with an open-coded fetch and decode, similar to drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/core/dc_link_dp.c.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
7.1High 3.1 CISA ADP / Vulnrichment (CISA-ADP) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
Linux Linux 5.5 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 79465e0ffeb9e4866939ea562bc55367be91e595 ≤ v < aeaed9a9fe694f8b1462fb81e2d33298c929180b CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux 79465e0ffeb9e4866939ea562bc55367be91e595 ≤ v < a2151490cc6c57b368d7974ffd447a8b36ade639 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2025-02-26
Last updated
2026-05-11
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
Linux

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.24%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
15.3%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Partial

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-125
    Out-of-bounds Read