CVE-2022-50652

Unknown

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: uio: uio_dmem_genirq: Fix missing unlock in irq configuration Commit b74351287d4b ("uio: fix a sleep-in-atomic-context bug in uio_dmem_genirq_irqcontrol()") started calling disable_irq() without holding the spinlock because it can sleep. However, that fix introduced another bug: if interrupt is already disabled and a new disable request comes in, then the spinlock is not unlocked: root@localhost:~# printf '\x00\x00\x00\x00' > /dev/uio0 root@localhost:~# printf '\x00\x00\x00\x00' > /dev/uio0 root@localhost:~# [ 14.851538] BUG: scheduling while atomic: bash/223/0x00000002 [ 14.851991] Modules linked in: uio_dmem_genirq uio myfpga(OE) bochs drm_vram_helper drm_ttm_helper ttm drm_kms_helper drm snd_pcm ppdev joydev psmouse snd_timer snd e1000fb_sys_fops syscopyarea parport sysfillrect soundcore sysimgblt input_leds pcspkr i2c_piix4 serio_raw floppy evbug qemu_fw_cfg mac_hid pata_acpi ip_tables x_tables autofs4 [last unloaded: parport_pc] [ 14.854206] CPU: 0 PID: 223 Comm: bash Tainted: G OE 6.0.0-rc7 #21 [ 14.854786] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.16.0-0-gd239552ce722-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 [ 14.855664] Call Trace: [ 14.855861] <TASK> [ 14.856025] dump_stack_lvl+0x4d/0x67 [ 14.856325] dump_stack+0x14/0x1a [ 14.856583] __schedule_bug.cold+0x4b/0x5c [ 14.856915] __schedule+0xe81/0x13d0 [ 14.857199] ? idr_find+0x13/0x20 [ 14.857456] ? get_work_pool+0x2d/0x50 [ 14.857756] ? __flush_work+0x233/0x280 [ 14.858068] ? __schedule+0xa95/0x13d0 [ 14.858307] ? idr_find+0x13/0x20 [ 14.858519] ? get_work_pool+0x2d/0x50 [ 14.858798] schedule+0x6c/0x100 [ 14.859009] schedule_hrtimeout_range_clock+0xff/0x110 [ 14.859335] ? tty_write_room+0x1f/0x30 [ 14.859598] ? n_tty_poll+0x1ec/0x220 [ 14.859830] ? tty_ldisc_deref+0x1a/0x20 [ 14.860090] schedule_hrtimeout_range+0x17/0x20 [ 14.860373] do_select+0x596/0x840 [ 14.860627] ? __kernel_text_address+0x16/0x50 [ 14.860954] ? poll_freewait+0xb0/0xb0 [ 14.861235] ? poll_freewait+0xb0/0xb0 [ 14.861517] ? rpm_resume+0x49d/0x780 [ 14.861798] ? common_interrupt+0x59/0xa0 [ 14.862127] ? asm_common_interrupt+0x2b/0x40 [ 14.862511] ? __uart_start.isra.0+0x61/0x70 [ 14.862902] ? __check_object_size+0x61/0x280 [ 14.863255] core_sys_select+0x1c6/0x400 [ 14.863575] ? vfs_write+0x1c9/0x3d0 [ 14.863853] ? vfs_write+0x1c9/0x3d0 [ 14.864121] ? _copy_from_user+0x45/0x70 [ 14.864526] do_pselect.constprop.0+0xb3/0xf0 [ 14.864893] ? do_syscall_64+0x6d/0x90 [ 14.865228] ? do_syscall_64+0x6d/0x90 [ 14.865556] __x64_sys_pselect6+0x76/0xa0 [ 14.865906] do_syscall_64+0x60/0x90 [ 14.866214] ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x2a/0x50 [ 14.866640] ? do_syscall_64+0x6d/0x90 [ 14.866972] ? do_syscall_64+0x6d/0x90 [ 14.867286] ? do_syscall_64+0x6d/0x90 [ 14.867626] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd [...] stripped [ 14.872959] </TASK> ('myfpga' is a simple 'uio_dmem_genirq' driver I wrote to test this) The implementation of "uio_dmem_genirq" was based on "uio_pdrv_genirq" and it is used in a similar manner to the "uio_pdrv_genirq" driver with respect to interrupt configuration and handling. At the time "uio_dmem_genirq" was introduced, both had the same implementation of the 'uio_info' handlers irqcontrol() and handler(). Then commit 34cb27528398 ("UIO: Fix concurrency issue"), which was only applied to "uio_pdrv_genirq", ended up making them a little different. That commit, among other things, changed disable_irq() to disable_irq_nosync() in the implementation of irqcontrol(). The motivation there was to avoid a deadlock between irqcontrol() and handler(), since it added a spinlock in the irq handler, and disable_irq() waits for the completion of the irq handler. By changing disable_irq() to disable_irq_nosync() in irqcontrol(), we also avoid the sleeping-whil ---truncated---

SeverityUnknown
CVSS—
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux
PublishedDec 9, 2025
First seenDec 9, 2025

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  • Linux Linux9977cb7af5a8f4738198b020436e2e56c5cd721e, a323d24a0183be730d2398b11b3a91e5c2e222a0, ac5585bb06a2e82177269bee93e59887ce591106, eca77a25a7cb3201738f4b55b9b8fa1089d7d002, 9bf7a0b2b15cd12e15f7858072bd89933746de67, 79a4bdb6b9920134af1a4738a1fa36a0438cd905, 030b6c7bb1e4edebaee2b1e48fbcc9cd5998d51d, ee180e867ce4b2f744799247b81050b3e5dd62cd, 9de255c461d1b3f0242b3ad1450c3323a3e00b34, 4.9.337, 4.14.303, 4.19.270, 5.4.229, 4.5, 5.6 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
Linux Linuxb77fa964ecb1d72a671234f5bea95b41f77c233a ≤ v < 9977cb7af5a8f4738198b020436e2e56c5cd721e, 0151b03f43f2d295a6949454434074b34a262e06 ≤ v < a323d24a0183be730d2398b11b3a91e5c2e222a0, ea6b7b1d58790ffb36bace723f6e62a1c8595c77 ≤ v < ac5585bb06a2e82177269bee93e59887ce591106, 750a95d63746458e86c6d92dfad48a05c64d0ecd ≤ v < eca77a25a7cb3201738f4b55b9b8fa1089d7d002, b74351287d4bd90636c3f48bc188c2f53824c2d4 ≤ v < 9bf7a0b2b15cd12e15f7858072bd89933746de67, b74351287d4bd90636c3f48bc188c2f53824c2d4 ≤ v < 79a4bdb6b9920134af1a4738a1fa36a0438cd905, b74351287d4bd90636c3f48bc188c2f53824c2d4 ≤ v < 030b6c7bb1e4edebaee2b1e48fbcc9cd5998d51d, b74351287d4bd90636c3f48bc188c2f53824c2d4 ≤ v < ee180e867ce4b2f744799247b81050b3e5dd62cd, b74351287d4bd90636c3f48bc188c2f53824c2d4 ≤ v < 9de255c461d1b3f0242b3ad1450c3323a3e00b34, 4a117a1c581623d04bf09aa7455d8e7b66e8bb85, 1d52cd8b52876145b0f6344be95fc750e30d9ecb, 4.9.215 ≤ v < 4.9.337, 4.14.172 ≤ v < 4.14.303, 4.19.106 ≤ v < 4.19.270, 5.4.22 ≤ v < 5.4.229, 4.4.215 ≤ v < 4.5, 5.5.6 ≤ v < 5.6, 5.69977cb7af5a8f4738198b020436e2e56c5cd721e, a323d24a0183be730d2398b11b3a91e5c2e222a0, ac5585bb06a2e82177269bee93e59887ce591106, eca77a25a7cb3201738f4b55b9b8fa1089d7d002, 9bf7a0b2b15cd12e15f7858072bd89933746de67, 79a4bdb6b9920134af1a4738a1fa36a0438cd905, 030b6c7bb1e4edebaee2b1e48fbcc9cd5998d51d, ee180e867ce4b2f744799247b81050b3e5dd62cd, 9de255c461d1b3f0242b3ad1450c3323a3e00b34, 4.9.337, 4.14.303, 4.19.270, 5.4.229, 4.5, 5.6

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CVE-2022-50652 · Linux · Dark Radar