CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-49434
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2025-02-26
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-667
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
PCI: Avoid pci_dev_lock() AB/BA deadlock with sriov_numvfs_store()
The sysfs sriov_numvfs_store() path acquires the device lock before the
config space access lock:
sriov_numvfs_store
device_lock # A (1) acquire device lock
sriov_configure
vfio_pci_sriov_configure # (for example)
vfio_pci_core_sriov_configure
pci_disable_sriov
sriov_disable
pci_cfg_access_lock
pci_wait_cfg # B (4) wait for dev->block_cfg_access == 0
Previously, pci_dev_lock() acquired the config space access lock before the
device lock:
pci_dev_lock
pci_cfg_access_lock
dev->block_cfg_access = 1 # B (2) set dev->block_cfg_access = 1
device_lock # A (3) wait for device lock
Any path that uses pci_dev_lock(), e.g., pci_reset_function(), may
deadlock with sriov_numvfs_store() if the operations occur in the sequence
(1) (2) (3) (4).
Avoid the deadlock by reversing the order in pci_dev_lock() so it acquires
the device lock before the config space access lock, the same as the
sriov_numvfs_store() path.
[bhelgaas: combined and adapted commit log from Jay Zhou's independent
subsequent posting:
https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]]
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (< 4.9.318)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.10 < 4.14.283)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.15 < 4.19.247)
• linux linux kernel (>= 4.20 < 5.4.198)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.5 < 5.10.121)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.15.46)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 5.17.14)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.18 < 5.18.3)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-667 Improper Locking weakness
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2cdd5284035322795b0964f899eefba254cfe483 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/59ea6b3ae51df7cd6bfd84c9c0030609b9315622 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a91ee0e9fca9d7501286cfbced9b30a33e52740a Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aed6d4d519210c28817948f34c53b6e058e0456c Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c3c6dc1853b8bf3c718f96fd8480a6eb09ba4831 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9a81f9ed6ae3554621d6a50220b1bc74b67d81e Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea047f51172aa68841adef7f52d375002438b8f0 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eff3587b9c01439b738298475e555c028ac9f55e Patch