CVE-2022-48840

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.15.27-5.15.30, 5.16.13-5.16.16 - Denial of Service via Infinite Loop in iavf_remove

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iavf: Fix hang during reboot/shutdown Recent commit 974578017fc1 ("iavf: Add waiting so the port is initialized in remove") adds a wait-loop at the beginning of iavf_remove() to ensure that port initialization is finished prior unregistering net device. This causes a regression in reboot/shutdown scenario because in this case callback iavf_shutdown() is called and this callback detaches the device, makes it down if it is running and sets its state to __IAVF_REMOVE. Later shutdown callback of associated PF driver (e.g. ice_shutdown) is called. That callback calls among other things sriov_disable() that calls indirectly iavf_remove() (see stack trace below). As the adapter state is already __IAVF_REMOVE then the mentioned loop is end-less and shutdown process hangs. The patch fixes this by checking adapter's state at the beginning of iavf_remove() and skips the rest of the function if the adapter is already in remove state (shutdown is in progress). Reproducer: 1. Create VF on PF driven by ice or i40e driver 2. Ensure that the VF is bound to iavf driver 3. Reboot [52625.981294] sysrq: SysRq : Show Blocked State [52625.988377] task:reboot state:D stack: 0 pid:17359 ppid: 1 f2 [52625.996732] Call Trace: [52625.999187] __schedule+0x2d1/0x830 [52626.007400] schedule+0x35/0xa0 [52626.010545] schedule_hrtimeout_range_clock+0x83/0x100 [52626.020046] usleep_range+0x5b/0x80 [52626.023540] iavf_remove+0x63/0x5b0 [iavf] [52626.027645] pci_device_remove+0x3b/0xc0 [52626.031572] device_release_driver_internal+0x103/0x1f0 [52626.036805] pci_stop_bus_device+0x72/0xa0 [52626.040904] pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device+0xe/0x20 [52626.045870] pci_iov_remove_virtfn+0xba/0x120 [52626.050232] sriov_disable+0x2f/0xe0 [52626.053813] ice_free_vfs+0x7c/0x340 [ice] [52626.057946] ice_remove+0x220/0x240 [ice] [52626.061967] ice_shutdown+0x16/0x50 [ice] [52626.065987] pci_device_shutdown+0x34/0x60 [52626.070086] device_shutdown+0x165/0x1c5 [52626.074011] kernel_restart+0xe/0x30 [52626.077593] __do_sys_reboot+0x1d2/0x210 [52626.093815] do_syscall_64+0x5b/0x1a0 [52626.097483] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x65/0xca

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0024
EPSS Percentile 14.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-835
Status published
Products (8)
linux/Kernel 5.15.27 - 5.15.31linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.13 - 5.16.17linux
Linux/Linux 5.15.27 - 5.15.31
Linux/Linux 5.16.13 - 5.16.17
Linux/Linux 7b9515172ab4d4c6ac0eae4b71013ee6ce932205 - 4477b9a4193b35eb3a8afd2adf2d42add2f88d57
Linux/Linux 85aa76066fef64de8a48d0da6b4071ceac455a94 - 80974bb730270199c6fcb189af04d5945b87e813
Linux/Linux 974578017fc1fdd06cea8afb9dfa32602e8529ed - b04683ff8f0823b869c219c78ba0d974bddea0b5
linux/linux_kernel 5.15.27 - 5.15.31
Published Jul 16, 2024
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026