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Unscored CVE-2022-50149 EUVD-2022-55415GHSA-f5wr-jggw-qg46

driver core: fix potential deadlock in __driver_attach

Published Jun 18, 2025 · Updated May 11, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

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Description

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

driver core: fix potential deadlock in __driver_attach

In __driver_attach function, There are also AA deadlock problem,
like the commit b232b02bf3c2 ("driver core: fix deadlock in
__device_attach").

stack like commit b232b02bf3c2 ("driver core: fix deadlock in
__device_attach").
list below:
In __driver_attach function, The lock holding logic is as follows:
...
__driver_attach
if (driver_allows_async_probing(drv))
device_lock(dev) // get lock dev
async_schedule_dev(__driver_attach_async_helper, dev); // func
async_schedule_node
async_schedule_node_domain(func)
entry = kzalloc(sizeof(struct async_entry), GFP_ATOMIC);
/* when fail or work limit, sync to execute func, but
__driver_attach_async_helper will get lock dev as
will, which will lead to A-A deadlock. */
if (!entry || atomic_read(&entry_count) > MAX_WORK) {
func;
else
queue_work_node(node, system_unbound_wq, &entry->work)
device_unlock(dev)

As above show, when it is allowed to do async probes, because of
out of memory or work limit, async work is not be allowed, to do
sync execute instead. it will lead to A-A deadlock because of
__driver_attach_async_helper getting lock dev.

Reproduce:
and it can be reproduce by make the condition
(if (!entry || atomic_read(&entry_count) > MAX_WORK)) untenable, like
below:

[ 370.785650] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables
this message.
[ 370.787154] task:swapper/0 state:D stack: 0 pid: 1 ppid:
0 flags:0x00004000
[ 370.788865] Call Trace:
[ 370.789374] <TASK>
[ 370.789841] __schedule+0x482/0x1050
[ 370.790613] schedule+0x92/0x1a0
[ 370.791290] schedule_preempt_disabled+0x2c/0x50
[ 370.792256] __mutex_lock.isra.0+0x757/0xec0
[ 370.793158] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x1f/0x30
[ 370.794079] mutex_lock+0x50/0x60
[ 370.794795] __device_driver_lock+0x2f/0x70
[ 370.795677] ? driver_probe_device+0xd0/0xd0
[ 370.796576] __driver_attach_async_helper+0x1d/0xd0
[ 370.797318] ? driver_probe_device+0xd0/0xd0
[ 370.797957] async_schedule_node_domain+0xa5/0xc0
[ 370.798652] async_schedule_node+0x19/0x30
[ 370.799243] __driver_attach+0x246/0x290
[ 370.799828] ? driver_allows_async_probing+0xa0/0xa0
[ 370.800548] bus_for_each_dev+0x9d/0x130
[ 370.801132] driver_attach+0x22/0x30
[ 370.801666] bus_add_driver+0x290/0x340
[ 370.802246] driver_register+0x88/0x140
[ 370.802817] ? virtio_scsi_init+0x116/0x116
[ 370.803425] scsi_register_driver+0x1a/0x30
[ 370.804057] init_sd+0x184/0x226
[ 370.804533] do_one_initcall+0x71/0x3a0
[ 370.805107] kernel_init_freeable+0x39a/0x43a
[ 370.805759] ? rest_init+0x150/0x150
[ 370.806283] kernel_init+0x26/0x230
[ 370.806799] ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30

To fix the deadlock, move the async_schedule_dev outside device_lock,
as we can see, in async_schedule_node_domain, the parameter of
queue_work_node is system_unbound_wq, so it can accept concurrent
operations. which will also not change the code logic, and will
not lead to deadlock.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 5.1 5.4.211

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 6.0.2-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.0.2-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.0.2-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv +2 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-53.59 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1023.27 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1023.29 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1024.30.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1022.29 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke 5.15.0-1020.25 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1008.12 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.15.0-1018.21 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1018.23 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.15.0-1021.26 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1015.15 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1022.28 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.15.0-1018.20 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-132.148 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1089.97 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 +1 5.15.0-1023.27~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1095.101 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1023.29~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1050.56 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1093.102 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1022.29~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-53.59~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1037.42 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1018.23~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-iot 5.4.0-1006.8 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1079.85 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1087.96 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1022.28~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1074.85 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1089.97~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1095.101~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1093.102~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-132.148~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1037.42~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1087.96~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1074.85~18.04.1 —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1025.28 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1089.97+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1095.101+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1065.74 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1093.102+fips1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 bpftool 7.0.0-284.11.1.el9_2 RHSA-2023:2458
RHEL 9 perf +48 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 RHSA-2023:2458
RHEL 8 perf +26 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 RHSA-2023:2951
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +6 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1
SLES 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1.150500.6.53.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +3 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2.150400.24.86.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SLES 15 SP4 kernel-docs +2 5.14.21-150400.24.170.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SLES 15 SP3 kernel-64kb +6 5.3.18-150300.59.211.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02308-1
SLES 15 SP3 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.211.1.150300.18.126.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02308-1
SLES 15 SP3 kernel-obs-build 5.3.18-150300.59.212.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02308-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-syms +2 4.12.14-122.269.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02846-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1.150500.6.53.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP5 kernel-docs +4 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-default +1 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2.150400.24.86.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP4 kernel-docs +2 5.14.21-150400.24.170.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP3 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.211.1.150300.18.126.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02308-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP3 kernel-docs +4 5.3.18-150300.59.211.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02308-1
SLES for SAP 15 SP3 kernel-obs-build 5.3.18-150300.59.212.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02308-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1.150500.6.53.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-rt 5.14.21-150500.13.100.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02321-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-source +1 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1
SLE Micro 5.5 kernel-source-rt 5.14.21-150500.13.100.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02321-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2.150400.24.86.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SLE Micro 5.4 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.124.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02322-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2.150400.24.86.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SLE Micro 5.3 kernel-rt +1 5.14.21-150400.15.124.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02322-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-default 5.3.18-150300.59.211.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02308-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.211.1.150300.18.126.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02308-1
SLE Micro 5.2 kernel-rt +1 5.3.18-150300.214.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02320-1
SLE Micro 5.1 kernel-default 5.3.18-150300.59.211.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02308-1
SLE Micro 5.1 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.211.1.150300.18.126.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02308-1
SLE Micro 5.1 kernel-rt +1 5.3.18-150300.214.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02320-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-default 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP5 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_28 1-150500.11.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP3 kernel-default 5.3.18-150300.59.211.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02308-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP3 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP3_Update_59 1-150300.7.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02308-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-default 4.12.14-122.269.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02846-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_71 1-8.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02846-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 kernel-64kb +5 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1
SLE HPC 15 SP5 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1.150500.6.53.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02264-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-64kb +2 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2.150400.24.86.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SLE HPC 15 SP4 kernel-docs +2 5.14.21-150400.24.170.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-default +1 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-default-base 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2.150400.24.86.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 kernel-syms +1 5.14.21-150400.24.170.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-default 5.14.21-150400.24.170.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
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SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 kernel-syms +1 5.14.21-150400.24.170.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02537-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-64kb +5 5.3.18-150300.59.211.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02308-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-default-base 5.3.18-150300.59.211.1.150300.18.126.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02308-1
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 kernel-obs-build 5.3.18-150300.59.212.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02308-1

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