CVE-2022-49759
VMCI: Use threaded irqs instead of tasklets
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: VMCI: Use threaded irqs instead of tasklets The vmci_dispatch_dgs() tasklet function calls vmci_read_data()
which uses wait_event() resulting in invalid sleep in an atomic
context (and therefore potentially in a deadlock). Use threaded irqs to fix this issue and completely remove usage
of tasklets. [ 20.264639] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_guest.c:145
[ 20.264643] in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 762, name: vmtoolsd
[ 20.264645] preempt_count: 101, expected: 0
[ 20.264646] RCU nest depth: 0, expected: 0
[ 20.264647] 1 lock held by vmtoolsd/762:
[ 20.264648] #0: ffff0000874ae440 (sk_lock-AF_VSOCK){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: vsock_connect+0x60/0x330 [vsock]
[ 20.264658] Preemption disabled at:
[ 20.264659] [<ffff80000151d7d8>] vmci_send_datagram+0x44/0xa0 [vmw_vmci]
[ 20.264665] CPU: 0 PID: 762 Comm: vmtoolsd Not tainted 5.19.0-0.rc8.20220727git39c3c396f813.60.fc37.aarch64 #1
[ 20.264667] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VBSA/VBSA, BIOS VEFI 12/31/2020
[ 20.264668] Call trace:
[ 20.264669] dump_backtrace+0xc4/0x130
[ 20.264672] show_stack+0x24/0x80
[ 20.264673] dump_stack_lvl+0x88/0xb4
[ 20.264676] dump_stack+0x18/0x34
[ 20.264677] __might_resched+0x1a0/0x280
[ 20.264679] __might_sleep+0x58/0x90
[ 20.264681] vmci_read_data+0x74/0x120 [vmw_vmci]
[ 20.264683] vmci_dispatch_dgs+0x64/0x204 [vmw_vmci]
[ 20.264686] tasklet_action_common.constprop.0+0x13c/0x150
[ 20.264688] tasklet_action+0x40/0x50
[ 20.264689] __do_softirq+0x23c/0x6b4
[ 20.264690] __irq_exit_rcu+0x104/0x214
[ 20.264691] irq_exit_rcu+0x1c/0x50
[ 20.264693] el1_interrupt+0x38/0x6c
[ 20.264695] el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x24
[ 20.264696] el1h_64_irq+0x68/0x6c
[ 20.264697] preempt_count_sub+0xa4/0xe0
[ 20.264698] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x64/0xb0
[ 20.264701] vmci_send_datagram+0x7c/0xa0 [vmw_vmci]
[ 20.264703] vmci_datagram_dispatch+0x84/0x100 [vmw_vmci]
[ 20.264706] vmci_datagram_send+0x2c/0x40 [vmw_vmci]
[ 20.264709] vmci_transport_send_control_pkt+0xb8/0x120 [vmw_vsock_vmci_transport]
[ 20.264711] vmci_transport_connect+0x40/0x7c [vmw_vsock_vmci_transport]
[ 20.264713] vsock_connect+0x278/0x330 [vsock]
[ 20.264715] __sys_connect_file+0x8c/0xc0
[ 20.264718] __sys_connect+0x84/0xb4
[ 20.264720] __arm64_sys_connect+0x2c/0x3c
[ 20.264721] invoke_syscall+0x78/0x100
[ 20.264723] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x68/0x124
[ 20.264724] do_el0_svc+0x38/0x4c
[ 20.264725] el0_svc+0x60/0x180
[ 20.264726] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x11c/0x150
[ 20.264728] el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: VMCI: Use threaded irqs instead of tasklets The vmci_dispatch_dgs() tasklet function calls vmci_read_data() which uses wait_event() resulting in invalid sleep in an atomic context (and therefore potentially in a deadlock). Use threaded irqs to fix this issue and completely remove usage of tasklets. [ 20.264639] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_guest.c:145 [ 20.264643] in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 762, name: vmtoolsd [ 20.264645] preempt_count: 101, expected: 0 [ 20.264646] RCU nest depth: 0, expected: 0 [ 20.264647] 1 lock held by vmtoolsd/762: [ 20.264648] #0: ffff0000874ae440 (sk_lock-AF_VSOCK){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: vsock_connect+0x60/0x330 [vsock] [ 20.264658] Preemption disabled at: [ 20.264659] [<ffff80000151d7d8>] vmci_send_datagram+0x44/0xa0 [vmw_vmci] [ 20.264665] CPU: 0 PID: 762 Comm: vmtoolsd Not tainted 5.19.0-0.rc8.20220727git39c3c396f813.60.fc37.aarch64 #1 [ 20.264667] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VBSA/VBSA, BIOS VEFI 12/31/2020 [ 20.264668] Call trace: [ 20.264669] dump_backtrace+0xc4/0x130 [ 20.264672] show_stack+0x24/0x80 [ 20.264673] dump_stack_lvl+0x88/0xb4 [ 20.264676] dump_stack+0x18/0x34 [ 20.264677] __might_resched+0x1a0/0x280 [ 20.264679] __might_sleep+0x58/0x90 [ 20.264681] vmci_read_data+0x74/0x120 [vmw_vmci] [ 20.264683] vmci_dispatch_dgs+0x64/0x204 [vmw_vmci] [ 20.264686] tasklet_action_common.constprop.0+0x13c/0x150 [ 20.264688] tasklet_action+0x40/0x50 [ 20.264689] __do_softirq+0x23c/0x6b4 [ 20.264690] __irq_exit_rcu+0x104/0x214 [ 20.264691] irq_exit_rcu+0x1c/0x50 [ 20.264693] el1_interrupt+0x38/0x6c [ 20.264695] el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x24 [ 20.264696] el1h_64_irq+0x68/0x6c [ 20.264697] preempt_count_sub+0xa4/0xe0 [ 20.264698] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x64/0xb0 [ 20.264701] vmci_send_datagram+0x7c/0xa0 [vmw_vmci] [ 20.264703] vmci_datagram_dispatch+0x84/0x100 [vmw_vmci] [ 20.264706] vmci_datagram_send+0x2c/0x40 [vmw_vmci] [ 20.264709] vmci_transport_send_control_pkt+0xb8/0x120 [vmw_vsock_vmci_transport] [ 20.264711] vmci_transport_connect+0x40/0x7c [vmw_vsock_vmci_transport] [ 20.264713] vsock_connect+0x278/0x330 [vsock] [ 20.264715] __sys_connect_file+0x8c/0xc0 [ 20.264718] __sys_connect+0x84/0xb4 [ 20.264720] __arm64_sys_connect+0x2c/0x3c [ 20.264721] invoke_syscall+0x78/0x100 [ 20.264723] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x68/0x124 [ 20.264724] do_el0_svc+0x38/0x4c [ 20.264725] el0_svc+0x60/0x180 [ 20.264726] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x11c/0x150 [ 20.264728] el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2025-03-27 CVE Reserved
- 2025-03-27 CVE Published
- 2025-03-27 CVE Updated
- 2025-04-02 EPSS Updated
- ---------- Exploited in Wild
- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
CAPEC
References (3)
URL | Tag | Source |
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/463713eb6164b6577f8e91447c7745628215531b | Vuln. Introduced |
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URL | Date | SRC |
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/548ea9dd5e01b0ecf53d2563004c80abd636743d | 2023-01-24 | |
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3daed6345d5880464f46adab871d208e1baa2f3a | 2023-01-20 |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status | <-- --> | Vendor | Product | Version | Other | Status |
Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 5.18 < 6.1.8 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.18 < 6.1.8" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 5.18 < 6.2 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 5.18 < 6.2" | en |
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