CVE-2022-50045

powerpc/pci: Fix get_phb_number() locking

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: June 18, 2025 at 11:01 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:22 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/pci: Fix get_phb_number() locking The recent change to get_phb_number() causes a DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP warning on some systems: BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/mutex.c:580 in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 1, name: swapper preempt_count: 1, expected: 0 RCU nest depth: 0, expected: 0 1 lock held by swapper/1: #0: c157efb0 (hose_spinlock){+.+.}-{2:2}, at: pcibios_alloc_controller+0x64/0x220 Preemption disabled at: [<00000000>] 0x0 CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper Not tainted 5.19.0-yocto-standard+ #1 Call Trace: [d101dc90] [c073b264] dump_stack_lvl+0x50/0x8c (unreliable) [d101dcb0] [c0093b70] __might_resched+0x258/0x2a8 [d101dcd0] [c0d3e634] __mutex_lock+0x6c/0x6ec [d101dd50] [c0a84174] of_alias_get_id+0x50/0xf4 [d101dd80] [c002ec78] pcibios_alloc_controller+0x1b8/0x220 [d101ddd0] [c140c9dc] pmac_pci_init+0x198/0x784 [d101de50] [c140852c] discover_phbs+0x30/0x4c [d101de60] [c0007fd4] do_one_initcall+0x94/0x344 [d101ded0] [c1403b40] kernel_init_freeable+0x1a8/0x22c [d101df10] [c00086e0] kernel_init+0x34/0x160 [d101df30] [c001b334] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x5c/0x64 This is because pcibios_alloc_controller() holds hose_spinlock but of_alias_get_id() takes of_mutex which can sleep. The hose_spinlock protects the phb_bitmap, and also the hose_list, but it doesn't need to be held while get_phb_number() calls the OF routines, because those are only looking up information in the device tree. So fix it by having get_phb_number() take the hose_spinlock itself, only where required, and then dropping the lock before returning. pcibios_alloc_controller() then needs to take the lock again before the list_add() but that's safe, the order of the list is not important.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≥ 5.18.185.10.137 ≤ v < 5.10.1385.15.61 ≤ v < 5.15.635.18.18 ≤ v < 5.195.19.2 ≤ v < 5.19.40fe1e96fef0a5c53b4c0d1500d356f3906000f81205826dcac3271ab04fb97d66f1b4f82197232593ec50b8a0128359ff4ad4061a75c3322d0ab6ac947a8fe1b154aa6d836582365b1c70684af8597e45.10.1375.15.615.18.185.19.26.0 rc1a79e4395619c926ea7e828b2023c0fbe2776385be0274da3ac318296fed503422ccda98ce67e99cbef0f4eeaba2463a77ac5a4e42c30717deb3c7b62f35c7f506fb96a23a1961c7314c5931ec8bc473e
Vendor states this is fixed in 1d9e75c3d8cdf7c96a94cb77450d4ee070279e6a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5db5ce0f1963c6c8275719a80cb65e9c98d32726 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6f75057c21eab12c6ccb7f06f859641a6edfab99 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8d48562a2729742f767b0fdd994d6b2a56a49c63 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 90f195c01a2e8d8da6281791617e21109719c981 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a868f771ee41c97a25a04b8c632a7f06689b307b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ccb0a42d3f40c436295e0fef57ab613ae5b925a4 (fixed)
Affected range stops below 5.10.138, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.15.63, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.19, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 5.19.4, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

References (7)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d9e75c3d8cdf7c96a94cb77450d4ee070279e6a
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5db5ce0f1963c6c8275719a80cb65e9c98d32726
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f75057c21eab12c6ccb7f06f859641a6edfab99
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8d48562a2729742f767b0fdd994d6b2a56a49c63
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90f195c01a2e8d8da6281791617e21109719c981
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a868f771ee41c97a25a04b8c632a7f06689b307b
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ccb0a42d3f40c436295e0fef57ab613ae5b925a4

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

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CWE
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