CVE-2022-49427: iommu/mediatek: Remove clk_disable in mtk_iommu_remove

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-02-26 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/mediatek: Remove clk_disable in mtk_iommu_remove After the commit b34ea31fe013 ("iommu/mediatek: Always enable the clk on resume"), the iommu clock is controlled by the runtime callback. thus remove the clk control in the mtk_iommu_remove. Otherwise, it will warning like: echo 14018000.iommu > /sys/bus/platform/drivers/mtk-iommu/unbind [ 51.413044] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 51.413648] vpp0_smi_iommu already disabled [ 51.414233] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 157 at */v5.15-rc1/kernel/mediatek/ drivers/clk/clk.c:952 clk_core_disable+0xb0/0xb8 [ 51.417174] Hardware name: MT8195V/C(ENG) (DT) [ 51.418635] pc : clk_core_disable+0xb0/0xb8 [ 51.419177] lr : clk_core_disable+0xb0/0xb8 ... [ 51.429375] Call trace: [ 51.429694] clk_core_disable+0xb0/0xb8 [ 51.430193] clk_core_disable_lock+0x24/0x40 [ 51.430745] clk_disable+0x20/0x30 [ 51.431189] mtk_iommu_remove+0x58/0x118 [ 51.431705] platform_remove+0x28/0x60 [ 51.432197] device_release_driver_internal+0x110/0x1f0 [ 51.432873] device_driver_detach+0x18/0x28 [ 51.433418] unbind_store+0xd4/0x108 [ 51.433886] drv_attr_store+0x24/0x38 [ 51.434363] sysfs_kf_write+0x40/0x58 [ 51.434843] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x164/0x1e0

Affected products

Linux kernel: from 5.12.4 before 5.15.46; from 5.16 before 5.17.14; from 5.18 before 5.18.3 — fixed in 5.15.46, 5.17.14, 5.18.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.15.46, 5.17.14, 5.18.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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