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Unscored CVE-2022-48937 EUVD-2022-53816GHSA-7pwm-mqqh-jmmq

io_uring: add a schedule point in io_add_buffers()

Published Aug 22, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

io_uring: add a schedule point in io_add_buffers()

Looping ~65535 times doing kmalloc() calls can trigger soft lockups,
especially with DEBUG features (like KASAN).

[ 253.536212] watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#64 stuck for 26s! [b219417889:12575]
[ 253.544433] Modules linked in: vfat fat i2c_mux_pca954x i2c_mux spidev cdc_acm xhci_pci xhci_hcd sha3_generic gq(O)
[ 253.544451] CPU: 64 PID: 12575 Comm: b219417889 Tainted: G S O 5.17.0-smp-DEV #801
[ 253.544457] RIP: 0010:kernel_text_address (./include/asm-generic/sections.h:192 ./include/linux/kallsyms.h:29 kernel/extable.c:67 kernel/extable.c:98)
[ 253.544464] Code: 0f 93 c0 48 c7 c1 e0 63 d7 a4 48 39 cb 0f 92 c1 20 c1 0f b6 c1 5b 5d c3 90 0f 1f 44 00 00 55 48 89 e5 41 57 41 56 53 48 89 fb <48> c7 c0 00 00 80 a0 41 be 01 00 00 00 48 39 c7 72 0c 48 c7 c0 40
[ 253.544468] RSP: 0018:ffff8882d8baf4c0 EFLAGS: 00000246
[ 253.544471] RAX: 1ffff1105b175e00 RBX: ffffffffa13ef09a RCX: 00000000a13ef001
[ 253.544474] RDX: ffffffffa13ef09a RSI: ffff8882d8baf558 RDI: ffffffffa13ef09a
[ 253.544476] RBP: ffff8882d8baf4d8 R08: ffff8882d8baf5e0 R09: 0000000000000004
[ 253.544479] R10: ffff8882d8baf5e8 R11: ffffffffa0d59a50 R12: ffff8882eab20380
[ 253.544481] R13: ffffffffa0d59a50 R14: dffffc0000000000 R15: 1ffff1105b175eb0
[ 253.544483] FS: 00000000016d3380(0000) GS:ffff88af48c00000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[ 253.544486] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ 253.544488] CR2: 00000000004af0f0 CR3: 00000002eabfa004 CR4: 00000000003706e0
[ 253.544491] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[ 253.544492] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[ 253.544494] Call Trace:
[ 253.544496] <TASK>
[ 253.544498] ? io_queue_sqe (fs/io_uring.c:7143)
[ 253.544505] __kernel_text_address (kernel/extable.c:78)
[ 253.544508] unwind_get_return_address (arch/x86/kernel/unwind_frame.c:19)
[ 253.544514] arch_stack_walk (arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c:27)
[ 253.544517] ? io_queue_sqe (fs/io_uring.c:7143)
[ 253.544521] stack_trace_save (kernel/stacktrace.c:123)
[ 253.544527] ____kasan_kmalloc (mm/kasan/common.c:39 mm/kasan/common.c:45 mm/kasan/common.c:436 mm/kasan/common.c:515)
[ 253.544531] ? ____kasan_kmalloc (mm/kasan/common.c:39 mm/kasan/common.c:45 mm/kasan/common.c:436 mm/kasan/common.c:515)
[ 253.544533] ? __kasan_kmalloc (mm/kasan/common.c:524)
[ 253.544535] ? kmem_cache_alloc_trace (./include/linux/kasan.h:270 mm/slab.c:3567)
[ 253.544541] ? io_issue_sqe (fs/io_uring.c:4556 fs/io_uring.c:4589 fs/io_uring.c:6828)
[ 253.544544] ? __io_queue_sqe (fs/io_uring.c:?)
[ 253.544551] __kasan_kmalloc (mm/kasan/common.c:524)
[ 253.544553] kmem_cache_alloc_trace (./include/linux/kasan.h:270 mm/slab.c:3567)
[ 253.544556] ? io_issue_sqe (fs/io_uring.c:4556 fs/io_uring.c:4589 fs/io_uring.c:6828)
[ 253.544560] io_issue_sqe (fs/io_uring.c:4556 fs/io_uring.c:4589 fs/io_uring.c:6828)
[ 253.544564] ? __kasan_slab_alloc (mm/kasan/common.c:45 mm/kasan/common.c:436 mm/kasan/common.c:469)
[ 253.544567] ? __kasan_slab_alloc (mm/kasan/common.c:39 mm/kasan/common.c:45 mm/kasan/common.c:436 mm/kasan/common.c:469)
[ 253.544569] ? kmem_cache_alloc_bulk (mm/slab.h:732 mm/slab.c:3546)
[ 253.544573] ? __io_alloc_req_refill (fs/io_uring.c:2078)
[ 253.544578] ? io_submit_sqes (fs/io_uring.c:7441)
[ 253.544581] ? __se_sys_io_uring_enter (fs/io_uring.c:10154 fs/io_uring.c:10096)
[ 253.544584] ? __x64_sys_io_uring_enter (fs/io_uring.c:10096)
[ 253.544587] ? do_syscall_64 (arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80)
[ 253.544590] ? entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe (??:?)
[ 253.544596] __io_queue_sqe (fs/io_uring.c:?)
[ 253.544600] io_queue_sqe (fs/io_uring.c:7143)
[ 253.544603] io_submit_sqe (fs/io_uring.c:?)
[ 253.544608] io_submit_sqes (fs/io_uring.c:?)
[ 253.544612] __se_sys_io_uring_enter (fs/io_uring.c:10154 fs/io_uri
---truncated---

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.7 5.10.103

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 5.16.12-1 —
Debian 13 linux 5.16.12-1 —
Debian 12 linux 5.16.12-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +31 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +26 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1008.11~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +4 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3190-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2.150500.6.35.6 SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-syms +1 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +4 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2.150400.24.64.5 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-docs +1 5.14.21-150400.24.133.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2.150400.24.64.5 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-docs +1 5.14.21-150400.24.133.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-source +2 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2.150500.6.35.6 SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3 SUSE-SU-2024:3209-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2.150400.24.64.5 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.91.3 SUSE-SU-2024:3227-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2.150400.24.64.5 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.91.3 SUSE-SU-2024:3227-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_19 +1 1-150500.11.3.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1, SUSE-SU-2024:3209-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP4 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_31 1-150400.9.3.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +3 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2.150400.24.64.5 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-docs +1 5.14.21-150400.24.133.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-rt +2 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3 SUSE-SU-2024:3209-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP5 kernel-syms-rt 5.14.21-150500.13.67.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3209-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2.150400.24.64.5 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-source +2 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-syms 5.14.21-150400.24.133.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2.150400.24.64.5 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-source +1 5.14.21-150400.24.133.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-syms 5.14.21-150400.24.133.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3408-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.5 dtb-aarch64 +3 5.14.21-150500.55.80.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-azure +2 5.14.21-150500.33.66.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3190-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2.150500.6.35.6 SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-rt +2 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3 SUSE-SU-2024:3209-1
openSUSE Leap 15.5 kernel-syms-rt 5.14.21-150500.13.67.1 SUSE-SU-2024:3209-1
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openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2 SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.80.2.150500.6.35.6 SUSE-SU-2024:3483-1
openSUSE Leap Micro 5.5 kernel-rt 5.14.21-150500.13.67.3 SUSE-SU-2024:3209-1

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