Improper locking in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-48887

 

Improper locking in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-48887

Published: August 21, 2024 / Updated: May 12, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU96358
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4 BT: 4.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-48887
CWE-ID: CWE-667
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper locking within the vmw_execbuf_rcache_update(), vmw_execbuf_res_noref_val_add(), vmw_view_res_val_add(), vmw_resource_context_res_add(), vmw_cmd_res_check(), vmw_translate_mob_ptr(), vmw_translate_guest_ptr(), vmw_cmd_set_shader(), vmw_cmd_dx_set_shader(), vmw_cmd_dx_bind_shader(), vmw_cmd_dx_bind_streamoutput(), vmw_cmd_dx_set_streamoutput() and vmw_execbuf_tie_context() functions in drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_execbuf.c, within the vmw_user_bo_lookup() function in drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/vmwgfx_bo.c, within the ttm_base_object_unref() and ttm_base_object_lookup() functions in drivers/gpu/drm/vmwgfx/ttm_object.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
openSUSE Leap Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
Public Cloud Module
Legacy Module
Development Tools Module
Basesystem Module
SUSE Real Time Module
openSUSE Leap
openEuler
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_80-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_19-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_80-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_67-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_67-rt
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_19-debugsource
kernel-tools-devel
kernel
kernel-debuginfo
kernel-debugsource
kernel-devel
kernel-headers
kernel-source
kernel-tools
kernel-tools-debuginfo
perf
perf-debuginfo
python3-perf
python3-perf-debuginfo
bpftool
bpftool-debuginfo
kernel-syms-rt
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-livepatch
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-extra
kernel-rt-optional
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-livepatch-devel
kernel-rt
kselftests-kmp-rt
ocfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-devel
gfs2-kmp-rt
kernel-rt-vdso
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-vdso
kernel-rt-debugsource
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt_debug-devel
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-source-rt
kernel-rt_debug
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel
kernel-azure-extra
kernel-source-azure
dlm-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-optional
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kernel-devel-azure
kernel-azure-devel
reiserfs-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-extra-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-azure-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-azure
kernel-azure-livepatch-devel
cluster-md-kmp-azure
gfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-vdso
kernel-azure-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-syms-azure
kernel-azure
gfs2-kmp-azure
ocfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-debugsource
ocfs2-kmp-azure
kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-optional-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-azure-debuginfo
dtb-socionext
dtb-broadcom
dtb-allwinner
dtb-amazon
dtb-xilinx
dtb-amd
dtb-altera
dtb-nvidia
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
dtb-lg
dtb-amlogic
dtb-exynos
kernel-obs-qa
dtb-qcom
dtb-rockchip
kernel-syms
dtb-freescale
kernel-obs-build
dtb-apm
dtb-sprd
dtb-apple
dtb-renesas
dtb-arm
dtb-mediatek
dtb-aarch64
dtb-hisilicon
dtb-marvell
dtb-cavium
kernel-64kb
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-64kb-debugsource
gfs2-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-livepatch-devel
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-extra
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-optional
ocfs2-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-devel
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-64kb
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kernel-debug-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-devel
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
kernel-kvmsmall-livepatch-devel
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-default-vdso
kernel-debug-vdso
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-default
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-debug-debugsource
kernel-debug-livepatch-devel
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-debug
kernel-source-vanilla
kernel-macros
kernel-docs-html
kernel-docs
kernel-default-extra
kernel-kvmsmall
reiserfs-kmp-default
kernel-default-optional
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kselftests-kmp-default
dlm-kmp-default
kernel-default-livepatch
cluster-md-kmp-default
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo
kernel-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-devel
kernel-default-base
kernel-default-base-rebuild

How to mitigate CVE-2022-48887

Install update from vendor's website.

Linux kernel - addressed in versions 6.1.7, 6.2
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_80-default - update to 1-150500.11.3.2
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_19-debugsource - update to 1-150500.11.3.2
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_80-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150500.11.3.2
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_67-rt-debuginfo - update to 1-150500.11.3.2
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_13_67-rt - update to 1-150500.11.3.2
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5-RT_Update_19-debugsource - update to 1-150500.11.3.2
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.93.0.174, 5.10.0-228.0.0.127, 5.10.0-228.0.0.130
kernel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.93.0.174, 5.10.0-228.0.0.127, 5.10.0-228.0.0.130
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.93.0.174, 5.10.0-228.0.0.127, 5.10.0-228.0.0.130
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.93.0.174, 5.10.0-228.0.0.127, 5.10.0-228.0.0.130
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.93.0.174, 5.10.0-228.0.0.127, 5.10.0-228.0.0.130
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.93.0.174, 5.10.0-228.0.0.127, 5.10.0-228.0.0.130
kernel-source - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.93.0.174, 5.10.0-228.0.0.127, 5.10.0-228.0.0.130
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.93.0.174, 5.10.0-228.0.0.127, 5.10.0-228.0.0.130
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.93.0.174, 5.10.0-228.0.0.127, 5.10.0-228.0.0.130
perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.93.0.174, 5.10.0-228.0.0.127, 5.10.0-228.0.0.130
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.93.0.174, 5.10.0-228.0.0.127, 5.10.0-228.0.0.130
python3-perf - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.93.0.174, 5.10.0-228.0.0.127, 5.10.0-228.0.0.130
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.10.0-136.93.0.174, 5.10.0-228.0.0.127, 5.10.0-228.0.0.130
bpftool - update to 5.10.0-228.0.0.127
bpftool-debuginfo - update to 5.10.0-228.0.0.127
kernel-syms-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.1
kselftests-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
reiserfs-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt-livepatch - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
reiserfs-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt-extra - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt-optional - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt_debug-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kselftests-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt_debug-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt_debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt_debug-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt_debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt_debug-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt_debug-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-devel-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-source-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt_debug - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-rt-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3
kernel-azure-extra - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-source-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
dlm-kmp-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-azure-optional - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-devel-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-azure-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
reiserfs-kmp-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-azure-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
cluster-md-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
reiserfs-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kselftests-kmp-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-azure-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
cluster-md-kmp-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
gfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-azure-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-azure-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-syms-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
gfs2-kmp-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
ocfs2-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-azure-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
ocfs2-kmp-azure - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kselftests-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
kernel-azure-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
dlm-kmp-azure-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1
dtb-socionext - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-broadcom - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-allwinner - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-amazon - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-xilinx - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-amd - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-altera - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-nvidia - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-lg - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-amlogic - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-exynos - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
kernel-obs-qa - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-qcom - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-rockchip - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
kernel-syms - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-freescale - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
kernel-obs-build - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-apm - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-sprd - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-apple - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-renesas - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-arm - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-mediatek - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-aarch64 - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-hisilicon - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-marvell - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
dtb-cavium - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1
kernel-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
gfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
dlm-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-64kb-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-64kb-extra - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
reiserfs-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-64kb-optional - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
ocfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
cluster-md-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kselftests-kmp-64kb - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-debug-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-kvmsmall-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-kvmsmall-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-debug-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-debug-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-debug-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-debug-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-debug - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-source-vanilla - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-macros - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-source - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-docs-html - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-docs - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-extra - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-kvmsmall - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-optional - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kselftests-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
dlm-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2
kernel-default-base - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2.150500.6.35.6
kernel-default-base-rebuild - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2.150500.6.35.6

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