CVE-2022-49969

Persistent underflow status via late clearing

Published Jun 18, 2025 · Updated Aug 15, 2026

Display pipeline state-handling error in affected Linux kernels leaves OPTC underflow status uncleared after ODM clock-off. The dcn10_optc.c clock-off path turns off the ODM clock before clearing an existing OPTC underflow bit, after which the hardware keeps the bit set and later clearing fails. Reachability depends on an AMD display-pipeline underflow timing event that userspace cannot directly invoke or reliably influence; published sources report only persistent stale underflow status.

CVSS severity7.8
High
EPSS probability0.26%
Next 30 days · Sep 16, 2026
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Based on sourced intelligence
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Summary

What happened

Display pipeline state-handling error in affected Linux kernels leaves OPTC underflow status uncleared after ODM clock-off. The dcn10_optc.c clock-off path turns off the ODM clock before clearing an existing OPTC underflow bit, after which the hardware keeps the bit set and later clearing fails. Reachability depends on an AMD display-pipeline underflow timing event that userspace cannot directly invoke or reliably influence; published sources report only persistent stale underflow status.

The record

CVE
CVE-2022-49969
Published
Jun 18, 2025
Updated
Aug 15, 2026
Vendor
The Linux Kernel Organization
Product
Linux
Classifications
Unavailable
Attack vector
local
Privileges
authenticated

Timeline

How it unfolded

  1. Jun 18, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
  2. Aug 15, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.

Exploitability

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  1. Affected versionversion=4.15
  2. Affected versionversion=70ccab604049bbb995a57ab3b7fe8a3c2fdbb736 <3101839b080137c367f3f88c2a040f791de880aa
  3. Affected versionversion=70ccab604049bbb995a57ab3b7fe8a3c2fdbb736 <3c1dfeaeb3b4e3ea656041da1241e6ee3c3b3202
  4. Affected versionversion=70ccab604049bbb995a57ab3b7fe8a3c2fdbb736 <443687798d6f094412b7312b64b3bb4d99aedff7
  5. Affected versionversion=70ccab604049bbb995a57ab3b7fe8a3c2fdbb736 <5ee30bcfdb32526233d2572f3d9ec371928679f1
  6. Affected versionversion=70ccab604049bbb995a57ab3b7fe8a3c2fdbb736 <814b756d4ec3a8728debb116cf49005feada7750
  7. Affected versionversion=70ccab604049bbb995a57ab3b7fe8a3c2fdbb736 <b2a93490201300a749ad261b5c5d05cb50179c44

What conditions does exploitation require?

Attack vectorlocal
Required privilegesauthenticated

What is affected?

The Linux Kernel Organization · Linuxversion=4.15; version=70ccab604049bbb995a57ab3b7fe8a3c2fdbb736 <3101839b080137c367f3f88c2a040f791de880aa; version=70ccab604049bbb995a57ab3b7fe8a3c2fdbb736 <3c1dfeaeb3b4e3ea656041da1241e6ee3c3b3202; version=70ccab604049bbb995a57ab3b7fe8a3c2fdbb736 <443687798d6f094412b7312b64b3bb4d99aedff7; version=70ccab604049bbb995a57ab3b7fe8a3c2fdbb736 <5ee30bcfdb32526233d2572f3d9ec371928679f1; version=70ccab604049bbb995a57ab3b7fe8a3c2fdbb736 <814b756d4ec3a8728debb116cf49005feada7750; version=70ccab604049bbb995a57ab3b7fe8a3c2fdbb736 <b2a93490201300a749ad261b5c5d05cb50179c44

Published CVSS scores

7.8NIST NVDCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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Sep 10, 2026Sep 16, 2026
Latest reporting daySep 16, 2026
Latest daily unique IPsUnavailable
Prior 30-day averageUnavailable
SourceShadowserver honeypots (KEV)
Vectorlocal
Privilegesauthenticated
Known exploitationUnconfirmed
Public exploitUnconfirmed

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