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TI-2022-25093 Aliases CVE-2022-49584GHSA-w93h-cv9g-f692

ixgbe: Add locking to prevent panic when setting sriov_numvfs to zero

Priority LOW 24CWE-667Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Denial of service
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
None · None · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 5 fixed, 3 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-667 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ixgbe: Add locking to prevent panic when setting sriov_numvfs to zero It is possible to disable VFs while the PF driver is processing requests from the VF driver. This can result in a panic. BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 000000000000106c PGD 0 P4D 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI CPU: 8 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/8 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G I --------- - Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R740/06WXJT, BIOS 2.8.2 08/27/2020 RIP: 0010:ixgbe_msg_task+0x4c8/0x1690 [ixgbe] Code: 00 00 48 8d 04 40 48 c1 e0 05 89 7c 24 24 89 fd 48 89 44 24 10 83 ff 01 0f 84 b8 04 00 00 4c 8b 64 24 10 4d 03 a5 48 22 00 00 <41> 80 7c 24 4c 00 0f 84 8a 03 00 00 0f b7 c7 83 f8 08 0f 84 8f 0a RSP: 0018:ffffb337869f8df8 EFLAGS: 00010002 RAX: 0000000000001020 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 000000000000002b RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: 0000000000000006 RBP: 0000000000000006 R08: 0000000000000002 R09: 0000000000029780 R10: 00006957d8f42832 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000001020 R13: ffff8a00e8978ac0 R14: 000000000000002b R15: ffff8a00e8979c80 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8a07dfd00000(0000) knlGS:00000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 000000000000106c CR3: 0000000063e10004 CR4: 00000000007726e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 PKRU: 55555554 Call Trace: <IRQ> ? ttwu_do_wakeup+0x19/0x140 ? try_to_wake_up+0x1cd/0x550 ? ixgbevf_update_xcast_mode+0x71/0xc0 [ixgbevf] ixgbe_msix_other+0x17e/0x310 [ixgbe] __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x40/0x180 handle_irq_event_percpu+0x30/0x80 handle_irq_event+0x36/0x53 handle_edge_irq+0x82/0x190 handle_irq+0x1c/0x30 do_IRQ+0x49/0xd0 common_interrupt+0xf/0xf This can be eventually be reproduced with the following script: while : do echo 63 > /sys/class/net/<devname>/device/sriov_numvfs sleep 1 echo 0 > /sys/class/net/<devname>/device/sriov_numvfs sleep 1 done Add lock when disabling SR-IOV to prevent process VF mailbox communication.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00203 10th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 5.4.208, 5.10.134, 5.15.58 +2Red Hat: 2 advisoriesRed Hat: 5 fixed, 3 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
LinuxLinux3.6 and later5.4.208, 5.10.134, 5.15.58, 5.18.15, 5.19Patch availableCNA
  • Linux VendorLinux Affected 3.6 and later Fixed in 5.4.208, 5.10.134, 5.15.58, 5.18.15, 5.19 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 8

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.6 to before 5.4.208; 5.5 to before 5.10.134; 5.11 to before 5.15.58; 5.16 to before 5.18.15VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*5.19 rc1VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*5.19 rc2VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*5.19 rc3VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*5.19 rc4VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*5.19 rc5VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*5.19 rc6VulnerableLinux
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*5.19 rc7VulnerableLinux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.6 to before 5.4.208; 5.5 to before 5.10.134; 5.11 to before 5.15.58; 5.16 to before 5.18.15 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.19 rc1 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.19 rc2 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.19 rc3 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.19 rc4 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.19 rc5 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.19 rc6 Vulnerable ·Linux
  • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:5.19:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.19 rc7 Vulnerable ·Linux

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.4.208, 5.10.134, 5.15.58, 5.18.15, 5.19

Red Hat 2 advisories

  • RHSA-2022:8267 Released 2022-11-15 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) kernel-debug-devel-5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1, kernel-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1, kernel-devel-5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1 +5
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) bpftool-5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1, kernel-5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1, kernel-abi-stablelists-5.14.0-162.6.1.el9_1 +14
  • RHSA-2022:7683 Released 2022-11-08 · Red Hat rating Moderate
    kernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
    • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-425.3.1.el8
    • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) bpftool-4.18.0-425.3.1.el8, kernel-4.18.0-425.3.1.el8, kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-425.3.1.el8 +19

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix planned: Out of support scope
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8AffectedNo fix yet
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9AffectedNo fix yet: Fix deferred
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2022:7683
Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2022:8267
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2022:8267
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8)Fixed RHSA-2022:7683
Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9)Fixed RHSA-2022:8267
Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-49584
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-w93h-cv9g-f692

References

  • TI-2025-26358 tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-38352 netfilter: bridge: make ebt_snat ARP rewrite writable KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2013-05264 The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-00125 Integer overflow in kernel KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2013-01864 The perf_swevent_init function in kernel/events/core.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.4
  • TI-2021-05514 Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACE KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.3
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