Graphics interruption via NULL right-overlay dereference
Published Feb 26, 2025 · Updated May 11, 2026
NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel 5.17 before 5.17.14 and 5.18 before 5.18.3 allows local users to interrupt OMAP graphics. The omap_overlay_assign function dereferences r_ovl after omap_plane_find_free_overlay returns NULL, instead of clearing the previously assigned ovl map entry. Reachability requires low-privileged local access to an OMAP DRM device and a plane assignment with no compatible right overlay; the fault interrupts the DRM operation and panics hosts configured to panic on an oops.
Summary
What happened
NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel 5.17 before 5.17.14 and 5.18 before 5.18.3 allows local users to interrupt OMAP graphics. The omap_overlay_assign function dereferences r_ovl after omap_plane_find_free_overlay returns NULL, instead of clearing the previously assigned ovl map entry. Reachability requires low-privileged local access to an OMAP DRM device and a plane assignment with no compatible right overlay; the fault interrupts the DRM operation and panics hosts configured to panic on an oops.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-49510
- Published
- Feb 26, 2025
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- CWE-476, T1499.004
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Feb 26, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=5.17
- Affected versionversion=e02b5cc9e898ad6f223a69df63397beae60390ff <08d9a75eab594ca508a440db7c73064498d26687
- Affected versionversion=e02b5cc9e898ad6f223a69df63397beae60390ff <8f2a3970c969d0d8d7289a4c65edcedafc16fd92
- Affected versionversion=e02b5cc9e898ad6f223a69df63397beae60390ff <d2507be660310bb9bcca918f81f49b8bba07e462
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