7.5

CVE-2022-50472: IB/mad: Don't call to function that might sleep while in atomic context

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50472DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50472
Published 04-10-2025Last modified 15-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-50472 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 7.5 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 0% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.37%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 4
RHSA-2023:6583RHSA-2023:7077SUSE-SU-2025:4111-1SUSE-SU-2025:4139-1SUSE-SU-2025:4149-1SUSE-SU-2025:4320-1

Timeline

  1. 04-10-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: IB/mad: Don't call to function that might sleep while in atomic context Tracepoints are not allowed to sleep, as such the following splat is generated due to call to ib_query_pkey() in atomic context. WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1888000 at kernel/trace/ring_buffer.c:2492 rb_commit+0xc1/0x220 CPU: 0 PID: 1888000 Comm: kworker/u9:0 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G OE --------- - - 4.18.0-305.3.1.el8.x86_64 #1 Hardware name: Red Hat KVM, BIOS 1.13.0-2.module_el8.3.0+555+a55c8938 04/01/2014 Workqueue: ib-comp-unb-wq ib_cq_poll_work [ib_core] RIP: 0010:rb_commit+0xc1/0x220 RSP: 0000:ffffa8ac80f9bca0 EFLAGS: 00010202 RAX: ffff8951c7c01300 RBX: ffff8951c7c14a00 RCX: 0000000000000246 RDX: ffff8951c707c000 RSI: ffff8951c707c57c RDI: ffff8951c7c14a00 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: ffff8951c7c01300 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000246 R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffffffff964c70c0 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8951fbc00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007f20e8f39010 CR3: 000000002ca10005 CR4: 0000000000170ef0 Call Trace: ring_buffer_unlock_commit+0x1d/0xa0 trace_buffer_unlock_commit_regs+0x3b/0x1b0 trace_event_buffer_commit+0x67/0x1d0 trace_event_raw_event_ib_mad_recv_done_handler+0x11c/0x160 [ib_core] ib_mad_recv_done+0x48b/0xc10 [ib_core] ? trace_event_raw_event_cq_poll+0x6f/0xb0 [ib_core] __ib_process_cq+0x91/0x1c0 [ib_core] ib_cq_poll_work+0x26/0x80 [ib_core] process_one_work+0x1a7/0x360 ? create_worker+0x1a0/0x1a0 worker_thread+0x30/0x390 ? create_worker+0x1a0/0x1a0 kthread+0x116/0x130 ? kthread_flush_work_fn+0x10/0x10 ret_from_fork+0x35/0x40 ---[ end trace 78ba8509d3830a16 ]---

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.37%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

31%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.01 pp

From 0.36% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu116 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-69.76
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1033.37
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 821bf1de45a1a084e2e11b1a2308777434194bfe, < d45e6ccb8e98d8339631f32984d345a663e74ce2 | ≥ 821bf1de45a1a084e2e11b1a2308777434194bfe, < 47e31b86edff36f2d26cbc88ce695d98ff804178 | ≥ 821bf1de45a1a084e2e11b1a2308777434194bfe, < cea70a572c0cb9728d728cfebe7d5bd485e97513 | ≥ 821bf1de45a1a084e2e11b1a2308777434194bfe, < fa8a2f3be78e4585996bcf4c15e4504441a4c7a0 | ≥ 821bf1de45a1a084e2e11b1a2308777434194bfe, < 5c20311d76cbaeb7ed2ecf9c8b8322f8fc4a7ae3 | 5.2
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.2, < 5.15.86 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.0.16 | ≥ 6.1, < 6.1.2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.4-1

3 vendors · 119 products

References

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