drm/panfrost: Fix GEM handle creation ref-counting
CVE-2022-50417

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Key Information:

Vendor

Linux

Status
Vendor
CVE Published:
18 September 2025

What is CVE-2022-50417?

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/panfrost: Fix GEM handle creation ref-counting

panfrost_gem_create_with_handle() previously returned a BO but with the only reference being from the handle, which user space could in theory guess and release, causing a use-after-free. Additionally if the call to panfrost_gem_mapping_get() in panfrost_ioctl_create_bo() failed then a(nother) reference on the BO was dropped.

The _create_with_handle() is a problematic pattern, so ditch it and instead create the handle in panfrost_ioctl_create_bo(). If the call to panfrost_gem_mapping_get() fails then this means that user space has indeed gone behind our back and freed the handle. In which case just return an error code.

Affected Version(s)

Linux f3ba91228e8e917e5bd6c4b72bfe846933d17370 < 0b70f6ea4d4f2b4d4b291d86ab76b4d07394932c

Linux f3ba91228e8e917e5bd6c4b72bfe846933d17370 < 4f1105ee72d8c7c35d90e3491b31b2d9d6b7e33a

Linux f3ba91228e8e917e5bd6c4b72bfe846933d17370 < 3f9feffa8a5ab08b4e298a27b1aa7204a7d42ca2

References

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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CVE-2022-50417 : Vulnerability in Linux Kernel Affecting Panfrost Graphics Driver