CVE-2022-50011
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Publication date: 2025-06-18

Last updated on: 2025-11-14

Assigner: kernel.org

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: venus: pm_helpers: Fix warning in OPP during probe Fix the following WARN triggered during Venus driver probe on 5.19.0-rc8-next-20220728: WARNING: CPU: 7 PID: 339 at drivers/opp/core.c:2471 dev_pm_opp_set_config+0x49c/0x610 Modules linked in: qcom_spmi_adc5 rtc_pm8xxx qcom_spmi_adc_tm5 leds_qcom_lpg led_class_multicolor qcom_pon qcom_vadc_common venus_core(+) qcom_spmi_temp_alarm v4l2_mem2mem videobuf2_v4l2 msm(+) videobuf2_common crct10dif_ce spi_geni_qcom snd_soc_sm8250 i2c_qcom_geni gpu_sched snd_soc_qcom_common videodev qcom_q6v5_pas soundwire_qcom drm_dp_aux_bus qcom_stats drm_display_helper qcom_pil_info soundwire_bus snd_soc_lpass_va_macro mc qcom_q6v5 phy_qcom_snps_femto_v2 qcom_rng snd_soc_lpass_macro_common snd_soc_lpass_wsa_macro lpass_gfm_sm8250 slimbus qcom_sysmon qcom_common qcom_glink_smem qmi_helpers qcom_wdt mdt_loader socinfo icc_osm_l3 display_connector drm_kms_helper qnoc_sm8250 drm fuse ip_tables x_tables ipv6 CPU: 7 PID: 339 Comm: systemd-udevd Not tainted 5.19.0-rc8-next-20220728 #4 Hardware name: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Robotics RB5 (DT) pstate: 80400005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : dev_pm_opp_set_config+0x49c/0x610 lr : dev_pm_opp_set_config+0x58/0x610 sp : ffff8000093c3710 x29: ffff8000093c3710 x28: ffffbca3959d82b8 x27: ffff8000093c3d00 x26: ffffbca3959d8e08 x25: ffff4396cac98118 x24: ffff4396c0e24810 x23: ffff4396c4272c40 x22: ffff4396c0e24810 x21: ffff8000093c3810 x20: ffff4396cac36800 x19: ffff4396cac96800 x18: 0000000000000000 x17: 0000000000000003 x16: ffffbca3f4edf198 x15: 0000001cba64a858 x14: 0000000000000180 x13: 000000000000017e x12: 0000000000000000 x11: 0000000000000002 x10: 0000000000000a60 x9 : ffff8000093c35c0 x8 : ffff4396c4273700 x7 : ffff43983efca6c0 x6 : ffff43983efca640 x5 : 00000000410fd0d0 x4 : ffff4396c4272c40 x3 : ffffbca3f5d1e008 x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : ffff4396c2421600 x0 : ffff4396cac96860 Call trace: dev_pm_opp_set_config+0x49c/0x610 devm_pm_opp_set_config+0x18/0x70 vcodec_domains_get+0xb8/0x1638 [venus_core] core_get_v4+0x1d8/0x218 [venus_core] venus_probe+0xf4/0x468 [venus_core] platform_probe+0x68/0xd8 really_probe+0xbc/0x2a8 __driver_probe_device+0x78/0xe0 driver_probe_device+0x3c/0xf0 __driver_attach+0x70/0x120 bus_for_each_dev+0x70/0xc0 driver_attach+0x24/0x30 bus_add_driver+0x150/0x200 driver_register+0x64/0x120 __platform_driver_register+0x28/0x38 qcom_venus_driver_init+0x24/0x1000 [venus_core] do_one_initcall+0x54/0x1c8 do_init_module+0x44/0x1d0 load_module+0x16c8/0x1aa0 __do_sys_finit_module+0xbc/0x110 __arm64_sys_finit_module+0x20/0x30 invoke_syscall+0x44/0x108 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xcc/0xf0 do_el0_svc+0x2c/0xb8 el0_svc+0x2c/0x88 el0t_64_sync_handler+0xb8/0xc0 el0t_64_sync+0x18c/0x190 qcom-venus: probe of aa00000.video-codec failed with error -16 The fix is re-ordering the code related to OPP core. The OPP core expects all configuration options to be provided before the OPP table is added.
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Published
2025-06-18
Last Modified
2025-11-14
Generated
2026-05-07
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2025-06-18
EPSS Evaluated
2026-05-05
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CVE-2022-50011
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linux linux_kernel From 5.15.160 (inc) to 5.16 (inc)
linux linux_kernel From 5.15.160 (inc) to 5.16 (inc)
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How can this vulnerability be detected on my network or system? Can you suggest some commands?

This vulnerability manifests as a warning during the Venus driver probe in the Linux kernel, specifically a WARN triggered at drivers/opp/core.c:2471 in dev_pm_opp_set_config. Detection involves checking system logs for this warning message. You can use commands like 'dmesg | grep dev_pm_opp_set_config' or 'journalctl -k | grep dev_pm_opp_set_config' to find occurrences of this warning in kernel logs.


What immediate steps should I take to mitigate this vulnerability?

The vulnerability is fixed by re-ordering the code related to the OPP core so that all configuration options are provided before the OPP table is added. Immediate mitigation involves updating the Linux kernel to a version that includes this fix (post 5.19.0-rc8-next-20220728). Until then, monitoring for the warning and avoiding use of affected kernel versions is recommended.


How can this vulnerability impact me? :

The vulnerability causes a warning during the Venus driver probe, which may lead to the failure of the video codec driver initialization (as indicated by the probe failure with error -16). This could impact the functionality of devices relying on this driver, potentially causing issues with video codec operations on affected hardware.


Can you explain this vulnerability to me?

This vulnerability is a warning triggered during the probe of the Venus driver in the Linux kernel, specifically related to the Operating Performance Points (OPP) core. The issue occurs because the OPP core expects all configuration options to be set before the OPP table is added, but the code did not follow this order, causing a warning during driver initialization. The fix involved re-ordering the code to ensure configurations are set before adding the OPP table.


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