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CVE-2022-48922: Linux kernel may crash during boot with IRQ tracer enabled
CVE-2022-48922 · published 2 years ago
Summary
The Linux kernel can stop working and restart when the optional IRQ latency tracing feature is turned on. This happens because the tracing code accesses memory incorrectly, causing a crash early in the boot process. Disable the IRQ latency tracer or apply the updated kernel version that fixes the code.
What to do
- Update debian linux to version 5.16.12-1.
- Update linux kernel to version 5.16.12.
Affected software
| Ecosystem | Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| – | linux | linux_kernel |
>= 5.9, < 5.10.103 >= 5.11, < 5.15.26 >= 5.16, < 5.16.12 5.17 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| Debian:12 | debian | linux |
< 5.16.12-1 Fix: upgrade to 5.16.12-1
|
| Linux | linux | kernel |
>= 5.16.0, < 5.16.12 Fix: upgrade to 5.16.12
|
Original advisory text
riscv: fix oops caused by irqsoff latency tracer
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv: fix oops caused by irqsoff latency tracer The trace_hardirqs_{on,off}() require the caller to setup frame pointer properly. This because these two functions use macro 'CALLER_ADDR1' (aka. __builtin_return_address(1)) to acquire caller info. If the $fp is used for other purpose, the code generated this macro (as below) could trigger memory access fault. 0xffffffff8011510e <+80>: ld a1,-16(s0) 0xffffffff80115112 <+84>: ld s2,-8(a1) # <-- paging fault here The oops message during booting if compiled with 'irqoff' tracer enabled: [ 0.039615][ T0] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000000f8 [ 0.041925][ T0] Oops [#1] [ 0.042063][ T0] Modules linked in: [ 0.042864][ T0] CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.17.0-rc1-00233-g9a20c48d1ed2 #29 [ 0.043568][ T0] Hardware name: riscv-virtio,qemu (DT) [ 0.044343][ T0] epc : trace_hardirqs_on+0x56/0xe2 [ 0.044601][ T0] ra : restore_all+0x12/0x6e [ 0.044721][ T0] epc : ffffffff80126a5c ra : ffffffff80003b94 sp : ffffffff81403db0 [ 0.044801][ T0] gp : ffffffff8163acd8 tp : ffffffff81414880 t0 : 0000000000000020 [ 0.044882][ T0] t1 : 0098968000000000 t2 : 0000000000000000 s0 : ffffffff81403de0 [ 0.044967][ T0] s1 : 0000000000000000 a0 : 0000000000000001 a1 : 0000000000000100 [ 0.045046][ T0] a2 : 0000000000000000 a3 : 0000000000000000 a4 : 0000000000000000 [ 0.045124][ T0] a5 : 0000000000000000 a6 : 0000000000000000 a7 : 0000000054494d45 [ 0.045210][ T0] s2 : ffffffff80003b94 s3 : ffffffff81a8f1b0 s4 : ffffffff80e27b50 [ 0.045289][ T0] s5 : ffffffff81414880 s6 : ffffffff8160fa00 s7 : 00000000800120e8 [ 0.045389][ T0] s8 : 0000000080013100 s9 : 000000000000007f s10: 0000000000000000 [ 0.045474][ T0] s11: 0000000000000000 t3 : 7fffffffffffffff t4 : 0000000000000000 [ 0.045548][ T0] t5 : 0000000000000000 t6 : ffffffff814aa368 [ 0.045620][ T0] status: 0000000200000100 badaddr: 00000000000000f8 cause: 000000000000000d [ 0.046402][ T0] [<ffffffff80003b94>] restore_all+0x12/0x6e This because the $fp(aka. $s0) register is not used as frame pointer in the assembly entry code. resume_kernel: REG_L s0, TASK_TI_PREEMPT_COUNT(tp) bnez s0, restore_all REG_L s0, TASK_TI_FLAGS(tp) andi s0, s0, _TIF_NEED_RESCHED beqz s0, restore_all call preempt_schedule_irq j restore_all To fix above issue, here we add one extra level wrapper for function trace_hardirqs_{on,off}() so they can be safely called by low level entry code.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1851b9a467065b18ec2cba156eea345206df1c8f URL
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22e2100b1b07d6f5acc71cc1acb53f680c677d77 URL
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9e2dbc31e367d08ee299a0d8aeb498cb2e12a1c3 URL
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5e180490db4af8c0f80c4b65ee482d333d0e8ee URL
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-48922 Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/48xxx/CVE-2022-48922... Vendor Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48922 Vendor Advisory
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git Product
Internet-facing
60 days
Internal
At next upgrade
- Not known to be exploited
- Needs hands-on effort to exploit
- Gives an attacker partial control
Type
CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference
Timeline
Published22 Aug 2024
Updated29 Oct 2026
First seen7 Mar 2026
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