CVE-2022-50472
- Published: 2025-10-04T16:15:43.673
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
IB/mad: Don’t call to function that might sleep while in atomic context
Tracepoints are not allowed to sleep, as such the following splat is
generated due to call to ib_query_pkey() in atomic context.
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1888000 at kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:2492 rb_commit+0xc1/0x220
CPU: 0 PID: 1888000 Comm: kworker/u9:0 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G OE ——— – – 4.18.0-305.3.1.el8.x86_64 #1
Hardware name: Red Hat KVM, BIOS 1.13.0-2.module_el8.3.0+555+a55c8938 04/01/2014
Workqueue: ib-comp-unb-wq ib_cq_poll_work [ib_core]
RIP: 0010:rb_commit+0xc1/0x220
RSP: 0000:ffffa8ac80f9bca0 EFLAGS: 00010202
RAX: ffff8951c7c01300 RBX: ffff8951c7c14a00 RCX: 0000000000000246
RDX: ffff8951c707c000 RSI: ffff8951c707c57c RDI: ffff8951c7c14a00
RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000
R10: ffff8951c7c01300 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000246
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffffffff964c70c0 R15: 0000000000000000
FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8951fbc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00007f20e8f39010 CR3: 000000002ca10005 CR4: 0000000000170ef0
Call Trace:
ring_buffer_unlock_commit+0x1d/0xa0
trace_buffer_unlock_commit_regs+0x3b/0x1b0
trace_event_buffer_commit+0x67/0x1d0
trace_event_raw_event_ib_mad_recv_done_handler+0x11c/0x160 [ib_core]
ib_mad_recv_done+0x48b/0xc10 [ib_core]
? trace_event_raw_event_cq_poll+0x6f/0xb0 [ib_core]
__ib_process_cq+0x91/0x1c0 [ib_core]
ib_cq_poll_work+0x26/0x80 [ib_core]
process_one_work+0x1a7/0x360
? create_worker+0x1a0/0x1a0
worker_thread+0x30/0x390
? create_worker+0x1a0/0x1a0
kthread+0x116/0x130
? kthread_flush_work_fn+0x10/0x10
ret_from_fork+0x35/0x40
—[ end trace 78ba8509d3830a16 ]—
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How to fix CVE-2022-50472
Description: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: IB/mad: Don’t call to function that might sleep while in atomic context Tracepoints are not allowed to sleep, as such the following splat is generated due to call to ib_query_pkey() in atomic context. WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1888000 at kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:2492 rb_commit+0xc1/0x220 CPU: 0 PID: 1888000 […]
Exploit Difficulty: HARD
⏱️ Time to exploit: > 4 hours
🛠️ Required skills: Advanced security expertise
💰 Public exploits: Rare or not public
How to Fix:
- Check if you're running the affected product
- Update to the latest patched version
- If patching is not immediately possible: restrict network exposure, apply least-privilege access
- Test the fix in a staging environment first
- Review logs for signs of exploitation
- Monitor for IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)
- Enable automatic security updates
- Set up vulnerability monitoring
- Review and harden security configurations
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