{"cve":"CVE-2022-48997","nvd":{"published":"2024-10-21T20:15:11.503","modified":"2026-06-17T05:16:48.580","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nchar: tpm: Protect tpm_pm_suspend with locks\n\nCurrently tpm transactions are executed unconditionally in\ntpm_pm_suspend() function, which may lead to races with other tpm\naccessors in the system.\n\nSpecifically, the hw_random tpm driver makes use of tpm_get_random(),\nand this function is called in a loop from a kthread, which means it's\nnot frozen alongside userspace, and so can race with the work done\nduring system suspend:\n\n  tpm tpm0: tpm_transmit: tpm_recv: error -52\n  tpm tpm0: invalid TPM_STS.x 0xff, dumping stack for forensics\n  CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: init Not tainted 6.1.0-rc5+ #135\n  Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.0-20220807_005459-localhost 04/01/2014\n  Call Trace:\n   tpm_tis_status.cold+0x19/0x20\n   tpm_transmit+0x13b/0x390\n   tpm_transmit_cmd+0x20/0x80\n   tpm1_pm_suspend+0xa6/0x110\n   tpm_pm_suspend+0x53/0x80\n   __pnp_bus_suspend+0x35/0xe0\n   __device_suspend+0x10f/0x350\n\nFix this by calling tpm_try_get_ops(), which itself is a wrapper around\ntpm_chip_start(), but takes the appropriate mutex.\n\n[Jason: reworked commit message, added metadata]","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":4.7},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23393c6461422df5bf8084a086ada9a7e17dc2ba","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25b78bf98b07ff5aceb9b1e24f72ec0236c5c053","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e0d6c687c925e27fd4bc78a2721d10acf5614d6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/571b6bbbf54d835ea6120f65575cb55cd767e603","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d699373ac5f3545243d3c73a1ccab77fdef8cec6"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:56:33.105311382+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-48997","score":0.00236,"percentile":0.14703,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}