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Full vulnerability report · 2024
CVE-2022-48997High confidence

char: tpm: Protect tpm_pm_suspend with locks

Linux · Linux

4.7MediumCVSS 3.1
Recommended action
Scheduled

Medium technical severity with no CISA KEV confirmation; remediate through the normal risk-based patch cycle unless local exposure raises the priority.

Patch available
Distribution package intelligence

Ubuntu vendor package status

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1 package state
Repository candidate not checked

A published vendor fix does not prove that a matching update is enabled and installable on a particular asset. Confirm the local package candidate before scheduling remediation.

Ubuntu releaseSource packageVendor stateFixed versionEvidence
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-raspi-realtimeAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical record ↗Source updated 8 Sept 2026
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Official European source

ENISA European Vulnerability Database

Official EUVD identifiers, advisory evidence and known-exploited context. Missing fields are not treated as evidence of low risk.

1 current
ENISA EUVD identifier

EUVD-2022-53876

No EUVD known-exploited evidence

ENISA has published the identifier mapping but no EUVD description has been stored yet.

EUVD state
Present in the current official mapping
Known exploitation
Not present in the current ENISA EUVD known-exploited dataset. This is not proof of no exploitation.
ENISA score
Not supplied in the stored EUVD record
Advisory evidence
No linked advisory details stored yet
Recommended actionScheduled

Medium technical severity with no CISA KEV confirmation; remediate through the normal risk-based patch cycle unless local exposure raises the priority.

Patch available
01

What, why and how

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: char: tpm: Protect tpm_pm_suspend with locks Currently tpm transactions are executed unconditionally in tpm_pm_suspend() function, which may lead to races with other tpm accessors in the system. Specifically, the hw_random tpm driver makes use of tpm_get_random(), and this function is called in a loop from a kthread, which means it's not frozen alongside userspace, and so can race with the work done during system suspend: tpm tpm0: tpm_transmit: tpm_recv: error -52 tpm tpm0: invalid TPM_STS.x 0xff, dumping stack for forensics CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: init Not tainted 6.1.0-rc5+ #135 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.0-20220807_005459-localhost 04/01/2014 Call Trace: tpm_tis_status.cold+0x19/0x20 tpm_transmit+0x13b/0x390 tpm_transmit_cmd+0x20/0x80 tpm1_pm_suspend+0xa6/0x110 tpm_pm_suspend+0x53/0x80 __pnp_bus_suspend+0x35/0xe0 __device_suspend+0x10f/0x350 Fix this by calling tpm_try_get_ops(), which itself is a wrapper around tpm_chip_start(), but takes the appropriate mutex. [Jason: reworked commit message, added metadata]

What

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: char: tpm: Protect tpm_pm_suspend with locks Currently tpm transactions are executed unconditionally in tpm_pm_suspend() function, which may lead to races with other tpm accessors in the system. Specifically, the hw_random tpm driver makes use of tpm_get_random(), and this function is called in a loop from a kthread, which means it's not frozen alongside userspace, and so can race with the work done during system suspend: tpm tpm0: tpm_transmit: tpm_recv: error -52 tpm tpm0: invalid TPM_STS.x 0xff, dumping stack for forensics CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: init Not tainted 6.1.0-rc5+ #135 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.0-20220807_005459-localhost 04/01/2014 Call Trace: tpm_tis_status.cold+0x19/0x20 tpm_transmit+0x13b/0x390 tpm_transmit_cmd+0x20/0x80 tpm1_pm_suspend+0xa6/0x110 tpm_pm_suspend+0x53/0x80 __pnp_bus_suspend+0x35/0xe0 __device_suspend+0x10f/0x350 Fix this by calling tpm_try_get_ops(), which itself is a wrapper around tpm_chip_start(), but takes the appropriate mutex. [Jason: reworked commit message, added metadata]

Why

The current structured CVE record identifies a security weakness, but the root cause requires confirmation in the linked vendor material.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.

What

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: char: tpm: Protect tpm_pm_suspend with locks Currently tpm transactions are executed unconditionally in tpm_pm_suspend() function, which may lead to races with other tpm accessors in the system. Specifically, the hw_random tpm driver makes use of tpm_get_random(), and this function is called in a loop from a kthread, which means it's not frozen alongside userspace, and so can race with the work done during system suspend: tpm tpm0: tpm_transmit: tpm_recv: error -52 tpm tpm0: invalid TPM_STS.x 0xff, dumping stack for forensics CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: init Not tainted 6.1.0-rc5+ #135 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.0-20220807_005459-localhost 04/01/2014 Call Trace: tpm_tis_status.cold+0x19/0x20 tpm_transmit+0x13b/0x390 tpm_transmit_cmd+0x20/0x80 tpm1_pm_suspend+0xa6/0x110 tpm_pm_suspend+0x53/0x80 __pnp_bus_suspend+0x35/0xe0 __device_suspend+0x10f/0x350 Fix this by calling tpm_try_get_ops(), which itself is a wrapper around tpm_chip_start(), but takes the appropriate mutex. [Jason: reworked commit message, added metadata]

Why

The current structured CVE record identifies a security weakness, but the root cause requires confirmation in the linked vendor material.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor.

02

Exploit reality and attack path

CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.

Observed exploitation
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
No confirmed evidence

No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.

Public PoC / exploit material
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
None recorded

No exploit-tagged reference or CISA SSVC proof-of-concept state is currently recorded. Research may still exist outside the structured feeds.

Likely attack path
local access → vulnerable operation → cause the confidentiality, integrity or availability impact described by the vendor
Attack surface
Local
Privileges required
Low: a basic authenticated account is required
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High: exploitation depends on specific conditions
Security boundary
Unchanged: impact remains within the vulnerable component's security authority
Weakness
?CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration.
CWE not yet assigned
CVSS vector
?CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Common Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.

AVLocalAttack vector: The attacker needs local access to the vulnerable system.ACHighAttack complexity: Successful exploitation depends on specific conditions outside the attacker's direct control.PRLowPrivileges required: The attacker needs basic user-level privileges.UINoneUser interaction: No action by another user is required.SUnchangedScope: The security impact remains within the vulnerable component's authority.CNoneConfidentiality impact: No direct loss is represented by this metric.INoneIntegrity impact: No direct loss is represented by this metric.AHighAvailability impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.
Post-exploitation / living off the land
The issue can support a local privilege or sandbox boundary transition; normal system utilities may then be available in the gained context.
A

Official authority intelligence

Only matched European and national findings are included. Language selectors and unavailable sources are omitted.

BSI · German · WID-SEC-W-2024-3251Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of Service

Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Linux Kernel ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen oder andere, nicht näher bekannte Auswirkungen zu erzielen..

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2025-AVI-1057Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware

ord?id=CVE-2022-48984 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48985 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48985 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48986 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48986 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48987 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48987 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48988 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48988 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48989 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48989 Référence CVE CVE-2022-4899 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4899 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48992 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48992 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48994 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48994 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48997 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48997 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49005 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49005 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49006 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49006 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49011 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49011 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49012 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49012 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49013 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49013 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49014 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49014 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49015 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49015 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49017 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2025-AVI-0024Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

d?id=CVE-2022-48969 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48971 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48971 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48972 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48972 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48973 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48973 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48978 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48978 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48985 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48985 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48988 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48988 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48991 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48991 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48992 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48992 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48997 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48997 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49000 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49000 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49002 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49002 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49010 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49010 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49011 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49011 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49014 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49014 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49015 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49015 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49020 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49020 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49021 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2024-AVI-1102Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

d?id=CVE-2022-48985 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48987 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48987 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48988 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48988 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48989 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48989 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48990 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48990 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48991 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48991 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48992 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48992 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48994 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48994 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48995 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48995 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48997 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48997 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48999 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48999 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49000 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49000 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49002 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49002 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49003 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49003 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49005 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49005 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49006 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49006 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49007 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49007 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49010 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2024-AVI-1048Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

d?id=CVE-2022-48978 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48981 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48981 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48985 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48985 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48987 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48987 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48988 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48988 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48991 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48991 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48992 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48992 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48994 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48994 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48995 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48995 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48997 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48997 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48999 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48999 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49000 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49000 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49002 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49002 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49003 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49003 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49005 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49005 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49006 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49006 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49007 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49007 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49010 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2024-AVI-1033Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

d?id=CVE-2022-48978 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48981 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48981 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48985 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48985 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48987 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48987 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48988 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48988 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48991 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48991 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48992 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48992 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48994 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48994 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48995 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48995 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48997 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48997 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48999 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48999 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49000 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49000 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49002 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49002 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49003 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49003 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49005 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49005 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49006 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49006 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49007 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49007 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49010 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2024-AVI-0999Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE

d?id=CVE-2022-48980 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48981 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48981 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48985 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48985 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48987 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48987 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48988 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48988 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48991 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48991 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48992 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48992 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48994 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48994 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48995 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48995 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48997 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48997 Référence CVE CVE-2022-48999 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48999 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49000 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49000 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49002 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49002 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49003 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49003 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49005 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49005 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49006 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49006 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49007 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49007 Référence CVE CVE-2022-49010 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory
03

Patch and workaround

Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.

Status
?Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Patch available
Affected
e891db1a18bf11e02533ec2386b796cfd8d60666 < d699373ac5f3545243d3c73a1ccab77fdef8cec6; e891db1a18bf11e02533ec2386b796cfd8d60666 < 4e0d6c687c925e27fd4bc78a2721d10acf5614d6; e891db1a18bf11e02533ec2386b796cfd8d60666 < 571b6bbbf54d835ea6120f65575cb55cd767e603; e891db1a18bf11e02533ec2386b796cfd8d60666 < 25b78bf98b07ff5aceb9b1e24f72ec0236c5c053; e891db1a18bf11e02533ec2386b796cfd8d60666 < 23393c6461422df5bf8084a086ada9a7e17dc2ba; 5.1
Fixed
< 5.1; 5.4.226 ≤ 5.4.*; 5.10.158 ≤ 5.10.*; 5.15.82 ≤ 5.15.*; 6.0.12 ≤ 6.0.*; 6.1 ≤ *
Action
Review the linked authoritative reference and apply the recorded fixed release appropriate to the affected product branch.
Workaround
No verified workaround is recorded. Limit untrusted access and use least privilege until authoritative guidance is available.
04

Evidence and provenance

Published 21 Oct 2024 · Last source change 11 May 2026, 18:51 UTC · CWE not yet assigned

CVE recordCVE.org · 5.2
CVSS sourceNIST NVD
EPSS source
?The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.
FIRST · tracked since 2026-08-14
European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2022-53876
Product sourceCNA
Remediation sourceCVE/CNA references
CWE sourceUnavailable
NVD statusNVD enriched

Missing structured fields: CWE classification. Missing data is not evidence of low risk; review the primary advisory.

Material change intelligence

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No material field changes have been recorded since change tracking began. Routine source refreshes and cosmetic edits are intentionally excluded.

Material fields only · duplicate refreshes suppressed · history retained for the configured operational retention period
Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
CWE
Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
CNA
CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
CISA ADP
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
NVD
National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
CERT / CSIRT
A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
PoC
Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
CSAF
Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
LoTL
Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.
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