RDMA/hfi1: Prevent use of lock before it is initialized
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.26% (FIRST EPSS).
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: Linux Linux 05c03dfd09c069c4ffd783b47b2da5dcc9421f2c, 288d198f50434f29b4a26a9de4394ae2305ad8af, 30eb275e7ed588270ae159cc590a96658e0cfd8f.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 05c03dfd09c069c4ffd783b47b2da5dcc9421f2c, 288d198f50434f29b4a26a9de4394ae2305ad8af, 30eb275e7ed588270ae159cc590a96658e0cfd8f or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/hfi1: Prevent use of lock before it is initialized If there is a failure during probe of hfi1 before the sdma_map_lock is initialized, the call to hfi1_free_devdata() will attempt to use a lock that has not been initialized. If the locking correctness validator is on then an INFO message and stack trace resembling the following may be seen: INFO: trying to register non-static key. The code is fine but needs lockdep annotation, or maybe you didn't initialize this object before use? turning off the locking correctness validator. Call Trace: register_lock_class+0x11b/0x880 __lock_acquire+0xf3/0x7930 lock_acquire+0xff/0x2d0 _raw_spin_lock_irq+0x46/0x60 sdma_clean+0x42a/0x660 [hfi1] hfi1_free_devdata+0x3a7/0x420 [hfi1] init_one+0x867/0x11a0 [hfi1] pci_device_probe+0x40e/0x8d0 The use of sdma_map_lock in sdma_clean() is for freeing the sdma_map memory, and sdma_map is not allocated/initialized until after sdma_map_lock has been initialized. This code only needs to be run if sdma_map is not NULL, and so checking for that condition will avoid trying to use the lock before it is initialized.
- Published
- Feb 26, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.2% · 18th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-908
Report tools
Action score
22
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.2%
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux kernel | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- linux linux kernel4.3 and later · before 4.19.247
- linux linux kernel4.20 and later · before 5.4.198
- linux linux kernel5.5 and later · before 5.10.121
- linux linux kernel5.11 and later · before 5.15.46
- linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 5.17.14
- linux linux kernel5.18 and later · before 5.18.3
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Linux Linux
- 4.3affected
- 7724105686e718ac476a6ad3304fea2fbcfcffde and later · before 66090815a24ce14cf51ef5453fc0218fe8a39bc2affected · git
- 7724105686e718ac476a6ad3304fea2fbcfcffde and later · before addb192000d8819c0b1553453994df9bb54c28dbaffected · git
- 7724105686e718ac476a6ad3304fea2fbcfcffde and later · before fc0750e659db7b315bf6348902cc8ca3cdd4b8d8affected · git
- 7724105686e718ac476a6ad3304fea2fbcfcffde and later · before ca55150bff5817af4f857a746ecab9862c23e12aaffected · git
- 7724105686e718ac476a6ad3304fea2fbcfcffde and later · before 30eb275e7ed588270ae159cc590a96658e0cfd8faffected · git
- 7724105686e718ac476a6ad3304fea2fbcfcffde and later · before 288d198f50434f29b4a26a9de4394ae2305ad8afaffected · git
- 7724105686e718ac476a6ad3304fea2fbcfcffde and later · before 05c03dfd09c069c4ffd783b47b2da5dcc9421f2caffected · git
- before 4.3not affected · semver
- 4.19.247 and later · up to and including 4.19.*not affected · semver
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | before 5.18.5-1 | 5.18.5-1 |
Same product
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Published before and after this one in the same product
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- Later →CVE-2022-49434Feb 26, 2025 · PCI: Avoid pci_dev_lock() AB/BA deadlock with sriov_numvfs_store()22Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 05c03dfd09c069c4ffd783b47b2da5dcc9421f2c | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 288d198f50434f29b4a26a9de4394ae2305ad8af | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 30eb275e7ed588270ae159cc590a96658e0cfd8f | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 66090815a24ce14cf51ef5453fc0218fe8a39bc2 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | addb192000d8819c0b1553453994df9bb54c28db | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | ca55150bff5817af4f857a746ecab9862c23e12a | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | fc0750e659db7b315bf6348902cc8ca3cdd4b8d8 | Vendor (CNA) |
| debian:linux | 5.18.5-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
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No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
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No credits in the CNA record.
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
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Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-908 · Use of Uninitialized ResourceCVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
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MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.
Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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- git.kernel.org/stable/c/288d198f50434f29b4a26a9de4394ae2305ad8af
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/30eb275e7ed588270ae159cc590a96658e0cfd8f
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/66090815a24ce14cf51ef5453fc0218fe8a39bc2
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/addb192000d8819c0b1553453994df9bb54c28db
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca55150bff5817af4f857a746ecab9862c23e12a
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc0750e659db7b315bf6348902cc8ca3cdd4b8d8
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.