vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2022-50145): linux vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Jun 18, 2025 | Jun 26, 2025 | Nov 25, 2025 |
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
dmaengine: sf-pdma: Add multithread support for a DMA channel
When we get a DMA channel and try to use it in multiple threads it
will cause oops and hanging the system.
% echo 64 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/threads_per_chan
% echo 10000 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/iterations
% echo 1 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/run
[ 89.480664] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual
address 00000000000000a0
[ 89.488725] Oops [#1]
[ 89.494708] CPU: 2 PID: 1008 Comm: dma0chan0-copy0 Not tainted
5.17.0-rc5
[ 89.509385] epc : vchan_find_desc+0x32/0x46
[ 89.513553] ra : sf_pdma_tx_status+0xca/0xd6
This happens because of data race. Each thread rewrite channels's
descriptor as soon as device_prep_dma_memcpy() is called. It leads to the
situation when the driver thinks that it uses right descriptor that
actually is freed or substituted for other one.
With current fixes a descriptor changes its value only when it has
been used. A new descriptor is acquired from vc->desc_issued queue that
is already filled with descriptors that are ready to be sent. Threads
have no direct access to DMA channel descriptor. Now it is just possible
to queue a descriptor for further processing.
Solutions
References
- CVE-2022-50145
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2022-50145
- CWE-476
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c7350b1dd8a192af844de32fc99b9e34c876fda
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ab2782c944e324008ef5d658f2494a9f0e3c5ac
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a93b3f1e11971a91b6441b6d47488f4492cc113f
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b2cc5c465c2cb8ab697c3fd6583c614e3f6cfbcc
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9b4992f897be9b0b9e3a3b956cab6b75ccc3f11
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50145
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