Linux Kernel up to 6.1.1 /dev/uio0 uio_dmem_genirq_irqcontrol deadlock

| CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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| 4.6 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
Summary
A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.1. It has been declared as critical. The impacted element is the function uio_dmem_genirq_irqcontrol of the file /dev/uio0. Such manipulation leads to deadlock.
This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2022-50652. No exploit exists.
It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.
Details
A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 6.1.1 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function uio_dmem_genirq_irqcontrol of the file /dev/uio0. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a deadlock vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-833. The product contains multiple threads or executable segments that are waiting for each other to release a necessary lock, resulting in deadlock. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:
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---
The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-50652 since 12/09/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 278327 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-50652), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.
Upgrading to version 4.9.337, 4.14.303, 4.19.270, 5.4.229, 5.10.163, 5.15.86, 6.0.16 or 6.1.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 9977cb7af5a8f4738198b020436e2e56c5cd721e/a323d24a0183be730d2398b11b3a91e5c2e222a0/ac5585bb06a2e82177269bee93e59887ce591106/eca77a25a7cb3201738f4b55b9b8fa1089d7d002/9bf7a0b2b15cd12e15f7858072bd89933746de67/79a4bdb6b9920134af1a4738a1fa36a0438cd905/030b6c7bb1e4edebaee2b1e48fbcc9cd5998d51d/ee180e867ce4b2f744799247b81050b3e5dd62cd/9de255c461d1b3f0242b3ad1450c3323a3e00b34 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (278327) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2765). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.
Affected
- Debian Linux
- Amazon Linux 2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- Ubuntu Linux
- SUSE Linux
- Oracle Linux
- SUSE openSUSE
- Open Source Linux Kernel
- RESF Rocky Linux
Product
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- 4.9.336
- 4.14.302
- 4.19.269
- 5.4.228
- 5.10.162
- 5.15.0
- 5.15.1
- 5.15.2
- 5.15.3
- 5.15.4
- 5.15.5
- 5.15.6
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- 5.15.24
- 5.15.25
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- 5.15.27
- 5.15.28
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- 5.15.30
- 5.15.31
- 5.15.32
- 5.15.33
- 5.15.34
- 5.15.35
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- 5.15.39
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- 5.15.48
- 5.15.49
- 5.15.50
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- 5.15.53
- 5.15.54
- 5.15.55
- 5.15.56
- 5.15.57
- 5.15.58
- 5.15.59
- 5.15.60
- 5.15.61
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- 5.15.63
- 5.15.64
- 5.15.65
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- 5.15.67
- 5.15.68
- 5.15.69
- 5.15.70
- 5.15.71
- 5.15.72
- 5.15.73
- 5.15.74
- 5.15.75
- 5.15.76
- 5.15.77
- 5.15.78
- 5.15.79
- 5.15.80
- 5.15.81
- 5.15.82
- 5.15.83
- 5.15.84
- 5.15.85
- 6.0.0
- 6.0.1
- 6.0.2
- 6.0.3
- 6.0.4
- 6.0.5
- 6.0.6
- 6.0.7
- 6.0.8
- 6.0.9
- 6.0.10
- 6.0.11
- 6.0.12
- 6.0.13
- 6.0.14
- 6.0.15
- 6.1.0
- 6.1.1
License
Website
- Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.6
VulDB Base Score: 4.8
VulDB Temp Score: 4.6
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Exploiting
Class: DeadlockCWE: CWE-833 / CWE-404
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Remote: Partially
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Nessus ID: 278327
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-50652
Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
0-Day Time: 🔒
Upgrade: Kernel 4.9.337/4.14.303/4.19.270/5.4.229/5.10.163/5.15.86/6.0.16/6.1.2
Patch: 9977cb7af5a8f4738198b020436e2e56c5cd721e/a323d24a0183be730d2398b11b3a91e5c2e222a0/ac5585bb06a2e82177269bee93e59887ce591106/eca77a25a7cb3201738f4b55b9b8fa1089d7d002/9bf7a0b2b15cd12e15f7858072bd89933746de67/79a4bdb6b9920134af1a4738a1fa36a0438cd905/030b6c7bb1e4edebaee2b1e48fbcc9cd5998d51d/ee180e867ce4b2f744799247b81050b3e5dd62cd/9de255c461d1b3f0242b3ad1450c3323a3e00b34
Timeline
12/09/2025 Advisory disclosed12/09/2025 CVE reserved
12/09/2025 VulDB entry created
03/29/2026 VulDB entry last update
Sources
Vendor: kernel.orgAdvisory: git.kernel.org
Status: Confirmed
CVE: CVE-2022-50652 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2022-50652
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-335012
CERT Bund: WID-SEC-2025-2765 - Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of Service
Entry
Created: 12/09/2025 09:54Updated: 03/29/2026 00:13
Changes: 12/09/2025 09:54 (59), 12/09/2025 10:10 (1), 12/16/2025 00:04 (2), 03/29/2026 00:13 (7)
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Cache ID: 216:F1E:103
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