# CVE-2022-49072: gpio: Restrict usage of GPIO chip irq members before initialization

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.3
- Published: 2025-02-26 · Updated: 2026-05-23

## Affected

- Linux: from 5.2.14, fixed in 5.3
- Linux: 5.3

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpio: Restrict usage of GPIO chip irq members before initialization GPIO chip irq members are exposed before they could be completely initialized and this leads to race conditions. One such issue was observed for the gc->irq.domain variable which was accessed through the I2C interface in gpiochip_to_irq() before it could be initialized by gpiochip_add_irqchip(). This resulted in Kernel NULL pointer dereference. Following are the logs for reference :- kernel: Call Trace: kernel: gpiod_to_irq+0x53/0x70 kernel: acpi_dev_gpio_irq_get_by+0x113/0x1f0 kernel: i2c_acpi_get_irq+0xc0/0xd0 kernel: i2c_device_probe+0x28a/0x2a0 kernel: really_probe+0xf2/0x460 kernel: RIP: 0010:gpiochip_to_irq+0x47/0xc0 To avoid such scenarios, restrict usage of GPIO chip irq members before they are completely initialized.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.3) per the references below.
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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7e88a50704b0c49ad3f2d11e8b963341cf68a89f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0912cf021fb5749372b3782611d8b1de4986c13a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c1fa3614795e2b24da1ba95de0b27b8f6ea4537
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8dea54f74cae8c2e4d7b2952e8fed7743a85c87
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5467801f1fcbdc46bc7298a84dbf3ca1ff2a7320

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