CVE-2022-49218

linux: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/dp: Fix OOB read when handling Post Cursor2...

CVE-2022-49218 is fixed in linux on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49218, released February 26, 2025. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.1
high
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0024
15th percentile

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.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 5.17.3-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49218 Feb 26, 2025
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 5.17.3-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49218 Feb 26, 2025
linux · Debian 14 5.17.3-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49218 Feb 26, 2025

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