# CVE-2022-49186: clk: visconti: prevent array overflow in visconti\_clk\_register\_gates()

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 GitHub repo listed by PoC-in-GitHub
- Published: 2025-02-26 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.17

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: visconti: prevent array overflow in visconti_clk_register_gates() This code was using -1 to represent that there was no reset function. Unfortunately, the -1 was stored in u8 so the if (clks[i].rs_id >= 0) condition was always true. This lead to an out of bounds access in visconti_clk_register_gates().

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2723543c1d60278d5aef1c4ad732dbad24b84a81
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c5601e0720ce1a3ad895f94a5838530edde01ed3
- https://github.com/iamdarshana/cve-2022-49186-research

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