CVE-2022-50844
- Published: 2025-12-30T13:15:59.013
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amdgpu: Fix type of second parameter in odn_edit_dpm_table() callback
With clang’s kernel control flow integrity (kCFI, CONFIG_CFI_CLANG),
indirect call targets are validated against the expected function
pointer prototype to make sure the call target is valid to help mitigate
ROP attacks. If they are not identical, there is a failure at run time,
which manifests as either a kernel panic or thread getting killed. A
proposed warning in clang aims to catch these at compile time, which
reveals:
drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/../pm/swsmu/amdgpu_smu.c:3008:29: error: incompatible function pointer types initializing ‘int (*)(void *, uint32_t, long *, uint32_t)’ (aka ‘int (*)(void *, unsigned int, long *, unsigned int)’) with an expression of type ‘int (void *, enum PP_OD_DPM_TABLE_COMMAND, long *, uint32_t)’ (aka ‘int (void *, enum PP_OD_DPM_TABLE_COMMAND, long *, unsigned int)’) [-Werror,-Wincompatible-function-pointer-types-strict]
.odn_edit_dpm_table = smu_od_edit_dpm_table,
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1 error generated.
There are only two implementations of ->odn_edit_dpm_table() in ‘struct
amd_pm_funcs’: smu_od_edit_dpm_table() and pp_odn_edit_dpm_table(). One
has a second parameter type of ‘enum PP_OD_DPM_TABLE_COMMAND’ and the
other uses ‘u32’. Ultimately, smu_od_edit_dpm_table() calls
->od_edit_dpm_table() from ‘struct pptable_funcs’ and
pp_odn_edit_dpm_table() calls ->odn_edit_dpm_table() from ‘struct
pp_hwmgr_func’, which both have a second parameter type of ‘enum
PP_OD_DPM_TABLE_COMMAND’.
Update the type parameter in both the prototype in ‘struct amd_pm_funcs’
and pp_odn_edit_dpm_table() to ‘enum PP_OD_DPM_TABLE_COMMAND’, which
cleans up the warning.
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How to fix CVE-2022-50844
Description: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdgpu: Fix type of second parameter in odn_edit_dpm_table() callback With clang’s kernel control flow integrity (kCFI, CONFIG_CFI_CLANG), indirect call targets are validated against the expected function pointer prototype to make sure the call target is valid to help mitigate ROP attacks. If they are not […]
Exploit Difficulty: HARD
⏱️ Time to exploit: > 4 hours
🛠️ Required skills: Advanced security expertise
💰 Public exploits: Rare or not public
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- Review logs for signs of exploitation
- Monitor for IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)
- Enable automatic security updates
- Set up vulnerability monitoring
- Review and harden security configurations
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