Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv:uprobe fix SR_SPIE set/clear handling In riscv the process of uprobe going to clear spie before exec the origin insn,and set spie after that.But When access the page which origin insn has been placed a page fault may happen and irq was disabled in arch_uprobe_pre_xol function,It cause a WARN as follows. There is no need to clear/set spie in arch_uprobe_pre/post/abort_xol. We can just remove it. [ 31.684157] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1488 [ 31.684677] in_atomic(): 0, irqs_disabled(): 1, non_block: 0, pid: 76, name: work [ 31.684929] preempt_count: 0, expected: 0 [ 31.685969] CPU: 2 PID: 76 Comm: work Tainted: G [ 31.686542] Hardware name: riscv-virtio,qemu (DT) [ 31.686797] Call Trace: [ 31.687053] [<ffffffff80006442>] dump_backtrace+0x30/0x38 [ 31.687699] [<ffffffff80812118>] show_stack+0x40/0x4c [ 31.688141] [<ffffffff8081817a>] dump_stack_lvl+0x44/0x5c [ 31.688396] [<ffffffff808181aa>] dump_stack+0x18/0x20 [ 31.688653] [<ffffffff8003e454>] __might_resched+0x114/0x122 [ 31.688948] [<ffffffff8003e4b2>] __might_sleep+0x50/0x7a [ 31.689435] [<ffffffff80822676>] down_read+0x30/0x130 [ 31.689728] [<ffffffff8000b650>] do_page_fault+0x166/x446 [ 31.689997] [<ffffffff80003c0c>] ret_from_exception+0x0/0xc
CVSS Score
MEDIUM
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | >= 5.12, < 5.15.61 |
Related Weaknesses (CWE)
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3811d51778900064d27d8c9a98f73410fb3b471dPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3dbe5829408bc1586f75b4667ef60e5aab0209c7Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73fc099eaefd9a92c83b6c07dad066411fd5a192Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c71e000db8536d27ec410abb3e314896a78b4f19Patch
FAQ
What is CVE-2022-50225?
CVE-2022-50225 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM). In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv:uprobe fix SR_SPIE set/clear handling In riscv the process of uprobe going to clear spie before exec the origin insn,and set...
How severe is CVE-2022-50225?
CVE-2022-50225 has been rated MEDIUM with a CVSS base score of 5.5/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.
Is there a patch for CVE-2022-50225?
Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Linux Linux Kernel.