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

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 ]---

Published: 2025-10-04 Last update: 2026-06-01 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2022-50472 is rated Low Risk (23.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-50472

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-10-05 — 0.02% —

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Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-50472

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-50472

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2022-50472

GHSA-72jq-rf44-32c6 · Severity: medium — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: IB/mad: Don't call to...

OS Trackers for CVE-2022-50472

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2022-50472 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 4, open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-50472
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50472
suse medium — https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-50472/
ubuntu medium CVE-2022-50472 medium priority: Ubuntu including 158 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1414 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1017, ignored 158, released 112, not-affected 104, needed 22, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-50472

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-50472

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linux linux_kernel >= 5.2, < 5.15.86 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.0.16 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 6.1, < 6.1.2 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2022-50472

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