CVE-2022-49265 [Medium] | Security Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PM: domains: Fix sleep-in-atomic bug caused by genpd_debug_remove() When a genpd with GENPD_FLAG_IRQ_SAFE gets removed, the following sleep-in-atomic bug will be seen, as genpd_debug_remove() will be called with a spinlock being held. [ 0.029183] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1460 [ 0.029204] in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 128, non_block: 0, pid: 1, name: swapper/0 [ 0.029219] preempt_count: 1, expected: 0 [ 0.029230] CPU: 1 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.17.0-rc4+ #489 [ 0.029245] Hardware name: Thundercomm TurboX CM2290 (DT) [ 0.029256] Call trace: [ 0.029265] dump_backtrace.part.0+0xbc/0xd0 [ 0.029285] show_stack+0x3c/0xa0 [ 0.029298] dump_stack_lvl+0x7c/0xa0 [ 0.029311] dump_stack+0x18/0x34 [ 0.029323] __might_resched+0x10c/0x13c [ 0.029338] __might_sleep+0x4c/0x80 [ 0.029351] down_read+0x24/0xd0 [ 0.029363] lookup_one_len_unlocked+0x9c/0xcc [ 0.029379] lookup_positive_unlocked+0x10/0x50 [ 0.029392] debugfs_lookup+0x68/0xac [ 0.029406] genpd_remove.part.0+0x12c/0x1b4 [ 0.029419] of_genpd_remove_last+0xa8/0xd4 [ 0.029434] psci_cpuidle_domain_probe+0x174/0x53c [ 0.029449] platform_probe+0x68/0xe0 [ 0.029462] really_probe+0x190/0x430 [ 0.029473] __driver_probe_device+0x90/0x18c [ 0.029485] driver_probe_device+0x40/0xe0 [ 0.029497] __driver_attach+0xf4/0x1d0 [ 0.029508] bus_for_each_dev+0x70/0xd0 [ 0.029523] driver_attach+0x24/0x30 [ 0.029534] bus_add_driver+0x164/0x22c [ 0.029545] driver_register+0x78/0x130 [ 0.029556] __platform_driver_register+0x28/0x34 [ 0.029569] psci_idle_init_domains+0x1c/0x28 [ 0.029583] do_one_initcall+0x50/0x1b0 [ 0.029595] kernel_init_freeable+0x214/0x280 [ 0.029609] kernel_init+0x2c/0x13c [ 0.029622] ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 It doesn't seem necessary to call genpd_debug_remove() with the lock, so move it out from locking to fix the problem.

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-05-24	0.06%	0.02%	-0.04%
2	2026-04-06	0.03%	0.06%	+0.03%
3	2025-11-21	—	0.03%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-05-24

0.06%

0.02%

-0.04%

2026-04-06

0.03%

0.06%

+0.03%

2025-11-21

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0.03%

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Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
5.5	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:N) Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	1.8	3.6	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

5.5

3.1

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N): Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

1.8

3.6

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-49265

vendor	priority	summary	link
`debian`	unimportant	CVE-2022-49265 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-49265
`redhat`	medium	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-49265
`suse`	medium	—	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-49265/
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2022-49265 medium priority: Ubuntu including 130 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1040 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 713, ignored 146, not-affected 101, released 80.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-49265

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-49265

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.11, < 5.15.33	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.16, < 5.16.19	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	>= 5.17, < 5.17.2	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::

References for CVE-2022-49265

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2039163c30f886cf5638afd6993705ae9bb34a06	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1b6840d8fb9b35193d45d8fe6b4d830bfd20c3c	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6bfe8b5b2c2a5ac8bd2fc7bca3706e6c3fc26d8	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fee777ea77769cc5392a34805d9d73099a223fae	Patch

URL

CVE-2022-49265 | PM: domains: Fix sleep-in-atomic bug caused by genpd_debug_remove()

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-49265

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-49265

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-49265

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-49265

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-49265

References for CVE-2022-49265