drm/virtio: fix NULL pointer dereference in virtio_gpu_conn_get_modes
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/virtio: fix NULL pointer dereference in virtio_gpu_conn_get_modes drm_cvt_mode may return NULL and we should check it. This bug is found by syzkaller: FAULT_INJECTION stacktrace: [ 168.567394] FAULT_INJECTION: forcing a failure. name failslab, interval 1, probability 0, space 0, times 1 [ 168.567403] CPU: 1 PID: 6425 Comm: syz Kdump: loaded Not tainted 4.19.90-vhulk2201.1.0.h1035.kasan.eulerosv2r10.aarch64 #1 [ 168.567406] Hardware name: QEMU KVM Virtual Machine, BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015 [ 168.567408] Call trace: [ 168.567414] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x310 [ 168.567418] show_stack+0x28/0x38 [ 168.567423] dump_stack+0xec/0x15c [ 168.567427] should_fail+0x3ac/0x3d0 [ 168.567437] __should_failslab+0xb8/0x120 [ 168.567441] should_failslab+0x28/0xc0 [ 168.567445] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x50/0x640 [ 168.567454] drm_mode_create+0x40/0x90 [ 168.567458] drm_cvt_mode+0x48/0xc78 [ 168.567477] virtio_gpu_conn_get_modes+0xa8/0x140 [virtio_gpu] [ 168.567485] drm_helper_probe_single_connector_modes+0x3a4/0xd80 [ 168.567492] drm_mode_getconnector+0x2e0/0xa70 [ 168.567496] drm_ioctl_kernel+0x11c/0x1d8 [ 168.567514] drm_ioctl+0x558/0x6d0 [ 168.567522] do_vfs_ioctl+0x160/0xf30 [ 168.567525] ksys_ioctl+0x98/0xd8 [ 168.567530] __arm64_sys_ioctl+0x50/0xc8 [ 168.567536] el0_svc_common+0xc8/0x320 [ 168.567540] el0_svc_handler+0xf8/0x160 [ 168.567544] el0_svc+0x10/0x218 KASAN stacktrace: [ 168.567561] BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in virtio
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 4.14.283, 4.19.247, 4.9.318, 5.10.121, 5.15.46, 5.17.14, 5.18.3, 5.4.198
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-49532
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 5 Nov 2026, 04:25 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
drm/virtio: fix NULL pointer dereference in virtio_gpu_conn_get_modes
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 26 Feb 2025, 02:13 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/virtio: fix NULL pointer dereference in virtio_gpu_conn_get_modes drm_cvt_mode may return NULL and we should check it. This bug is found by syzkaller: FAULT_INJECTION stacktrace: [ 168.567394] FAULT_INJECTION: forcing a failure. name failslab, interval 1, probability 0, space 0, times 1 [ 168.567403] CPU: 1 PID: 6425 Comm: syz Kdump: loaded Not tainted 4.19.90-vhulk2201.1.0.h1035.kasan.eulerosv2r10.aarch64 #1 [ 168.567406] Hardware name: QEMU KVM Virtual Machine, BIOS 0.0.0 02/06/2015 [ 168.567408] Call trace: [ 168.567414] dump_backtrace+0x0/0x310 [ 168.567418] show_stack+0x28/0x38 [ 168.567423] dump_stack+0xec/0x15c [ 168.567427] should_fail+0x3ac/0x3d0 [ 168.567437] __should_failslab+0xb8/0x120 [ 168.567441] should_failslab+0x28/0xc0 [ 168.567445] kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x50/0x640 [ 168.567454] drm_mode_create+0x40/0x90 [ 168.567458] drm_cvt_mode+0x48/0xc78 [ 168.567477] virtio_gpu_conn_get_modes+0xa8/0x140 [virtio_gpu] [ 168.567485] drm_helper_probe_single_connector_modes+0x3a4/0xd80 [ 168.567492] drm_mode_getconnector+0x2e0/0xa70 [ 168.567496] drm_ioctl_kernel+0x11c/0x1d8 [ 168.567514] drm_ioctl+0x558/0x6d0 [ 168.567522] do_vfs_ioctl+0x160/0xf30 [ 168.567525] ksys_ioctl+0x98/0xd8 [ 168.567530] __arm64_sys_ioctl+0x50/0xc8 [ 168.567536] el0_svc_common+0xc8/0x320 [ 168.567540] el0_svc_handler+0xf8/0x160 [ 168.567544] el0_svc+0x10/0x218 KASAN stacktrace: [ 168.567561] BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in virtio
osv:CVE-2022-49532
Kernel
Fixed versions: 4.9.318, 4.14.283, 4.19.247, 5.4.198, 5.10.121, 5.15.46, 5.17.14, 5.18.3
Complete source record
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