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High · 7.0 CVE-2022-49287 EUVD-2022-54939GHSA-gc4f-hpr3-xwmc

tpm: fix reference counting for struct tpm_chip

Published Feb 26, 2025 · Updated Aug 5, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tpm: fix reference counting for struct tpm_chip

The following sequence of operations results in a refcount warning:

1. Open device /dev/tpmrm.
2. Remove module tpm_tis_spi.
3. Write a TPM command to the file descriptor opened at step 1.

------------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 1161 at lib/refcount.c:25 kobject_get+0xa0/0xa4
refcount_t: addition on 0; use-after-free.
Modules linked in: tpm_tis_spi tpm_tis_core tpm mdio_bcm_unimac brcmfmac
sha256_generic libsha256 sha256_arm hci_uart btbcm bluetooth cfg80211 vc4
brcmutil ecdh_generic ecc snd_soc_core crc32_arm_ce libaes
raspberrypi_hwmon ac97_bus snd_pcm_dmaengine bcm2711_thermal snd_pcm
snd_timer genet snd phy_generic soundcore [last unloaded: spi_bcm2835]
CPU: 3 PID: 1161 Comm: hold_open Not tainted 5.10.0ls-main-dirty #2
Hardware name: BCM2711
[<c0410c3c>] (unwind_backtrace) from [<c040b580>] (show_stack+0x10/0x14)
[<c040b580>] (show_stack) from [<c1092174>] (dump_stack+0xc4/0xd8)
[<c1092174>] (dump_stack) from [<c0445a30>] (__warn+0x104/0x108)
[<c0445a30>] (__warn) from [<c0445aa8>] (warn_slowpath_fmt+0x74/0xb8)
[<c0445aa8>] (warn_slowpath_fmt) from [<c08435d0>] (kobject_get+0xa0/0xa4)
[<c08435d0>] (kobject_get) from [<bf0a715c>] (tpm_try_get_ops+0x14/0x54 [tpm])
[<bf0a715c>] (tpm_try_get_ops [tpm]) from [<bf0a7d6c>] (tpm_common_write+0x38/0x60 [tpm])
[<bf0a7d6c>] (tpm_common_write [tpm]) from [<c05a7ac0>] (vfs_write+0xc4/0x3c0)
[<c05a7ac0>] (vfs_write) from [<c05a7ee4>] (ksys_write+0x58/0xcc)
[<c05a7ee4>] (ksys_write) from [<c04001a0>] (ret_fast_syscall+0x0/0x4c)
Exception stack(0xc226bfa8 to 0xc226bff0)
bfa0: 00000000 000105b4 00000003 beafe664 00000014 00000000
bfc0: 00000000 000105b4 000103f8 00000004 00000000 00000000 b6f9c000 beafe684
bfe0: 0000006c beafe648 0001056c b6eb6944
---[ end trace d4b8409def9b8b1f ]---

The reason for this warning is the attempt to get the chip->dev reference
in tpm_common_write() although the reference counter is already zero.

Since commit 8979b02aaf1d ("tpm: Fix reference count to main device") the
extra reference used to prevent a premature zero counter is never taken,
because the required TPM_CHIP_FLAG_TPM2 flag is never set.

Fix this by moving the TPM 2 character device handling from
tpm_chip_alloc() to tpm_add_char_device() which is called at a later point
in time when the flag has been set in case of TPM2.

Commit fdc915f7f719 ("tpm: expose spaces via a device link /dev/tpmrm<n>")
already introduced function tpm_devs_release() to release the extra
reference but did not implement the required put on chip->devs that results
in the call of this function.

Fix this by putting chip->devs in tpm_chip_unregister().

Finally move the new implementation for the TPM 2 handling into a new
function to avoid multiple checks for the TPM_CHIP_FLAG_TPM2 flag in the
good case and error cases.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 4.12 4.14.276

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 5.17.3-1 —
Debian 13 linux 5.17.3-1 —
Debian 12 linux 5.17.3-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-37.39 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1011.14 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1010.12 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1008.12 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke 5.15.0-1008.10 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.15.0-1007.8 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1008.11 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.15.0-1010.11 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1009.12 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.15.0-1011.13 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-117.132 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws +1 5.4.0-1078.84 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1083.87 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1008.9~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1040.44 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 5.15.0-41.44~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1026.29 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1008.11~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-iot 5.4.0-1004.6 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1068.72 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 5.15.0-42.45~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1076.83 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1065.75 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux 4.15.0-189.200 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws 4.15.0-1137.148 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 +1 5.4.0-1078.84~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-4.15 4.15.0-1146.161 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1083.87~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-4.15 4.15.0-1131.147 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-117.132~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1028.32~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-kvm 4.15.0-1123.128 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1102.113 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1076.83~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1065.75~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1014.14 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips +1 5.4.0-1078.84+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1083.87+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1054.61 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 4.15.0-2076.81 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 4.15.0-2057.63 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips 4.15.0-1094.105 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 4.15.0-2041.46 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-aws-hwe 4.15.0-1137.148~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1146.161~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-gcp 4.15.0-1131.147~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-hwe 4.15.0-189.200~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux-oracle 4.15.0-1102.113~16.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux-azure 4.15.0-1146.161~14.04.1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 bpftool 7.2.0-362.8.1.el9_3 RHSA-2023:6583
RHEL 9 rv +64 5.14.0-362.8.1.el9_3 RHSA-2023:6583
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1.150500.6.47.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1.150400.24.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLES 15 SP3 kernel-64kb +7 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1263-1
SLES 15 SP3 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1.150300.18.120.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1263-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-syms +2 4.12.14-122.255.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1293-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1.150500.6.47.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 kernel-docs +4 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1.150400.24.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-docs +4 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP3 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1.150300.18.120.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1263-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP3 kernel-docs +5 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1263-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1.150500.6.47.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150500.13.91.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1176-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-source +1 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1.150400.24.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.115.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1183-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1.150400.24.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.115.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1183-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-default 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1263-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1.150300.18.120.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1263-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-rt +1 5.3.18-150300.205.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1194-1
SLE Micro 5.1 kernel-default 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1263-1
SLE Micro 5.1 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1.150300.18.120.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1263-1
SLE Micro 5.1 kernel-rt +1 5.3.18-150300.205.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1194-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_25 1-150500.11.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_38 1-150400.9.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP3 kernel-default 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1263-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP3 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_56 1-150300.7.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1263-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-default 4.12.14-122.255.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1293-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_67 1-8.5.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1293-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1.150500.6.47.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1.150400.24.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SLE HPC 15 SP3 kernel-64kb +6 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1263-1
SLE HPC 15 SP3 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1.150300.18.120.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1263-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1.150400.24.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-syms +3 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1.150400.24.78.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-syms +2 5.14.21-150400.24.158.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-64kb +6 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1263-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1.150300.18.120.1 SUSE-SU-2025:1263-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2 kernel-livepatch-4.14.276-211.499 1.0-0.amzn2 ALAS2-2024-2569
Amazon Linux 2 perf +8 4.14.276-211.499.amzn2 ALAS2-2024-2569

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