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CVE-2022-50171· NVD / CVE Program· CNA Linux

crypto: hisilicon/sec - don't sleep when in softirq

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: 0.35% (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 02884a4f12de11f54d4ca67a07dd1f111d96fdbd, 16e18a8ac7c9748cf35a8d2f0ba2c6e8850e7568, 4a461ba5b9753352f438824fdd915cba675b1733.
  • Severity is disputed: the assigning authority (CNA) scores it 7.5, NVD 5.5.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 02884a4f12de11f54d4ca67a07dd1f111d96fdbd, 16e18a8ac7c9748cf35a8d2f0ba2c6e8850e7568, 4a461ba5b9753352f438824fdd915cba675b1733 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: crypto: hisilicon/sec - don't sleep when in softirq When kunpeng920 encryption driver is used to deencrypt and decrypt packets during the softirq, it is not allowed to use mutex lock. The kernel will report the following error: BUG: scheduling while atomic: swapper/57/0/0x00000300 Call trace: dump_backtrace+0x0/0x1e4 show_stack+0x20/0x2c dump_stack+0xd8/0x140 __schedule_bug+0x68/0x80 __schedule+0x728/0x840 schedule+0x50/0xe0 schedule_preempt_disabled+0x18/0x24 __mutex_lock.constprop.0+0x594/0x5dc __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x1c/0x30 mutex_lock+0x50/0x60 sec_request_init+0x8c/0x1a0 [hisi_sec2] sec_process+0x28/0x1ac [hisi_sec2] sec_skcipher_crypto+0xf4/0x1d4 [hisi_sec2] sec_skcipher_encrypt+0x1c/0x30 [hisi_sec2] crypto_skcipher_encrypt+0x2c/0x40 crypto_authenc_encrypt+0xc8/0xfc [authenc] crypto_aead_encrypt+0x2c/0x40 echainiv_encrypt+0x144/0x1a0 [echainiv] crypto_aead_encrypt+0x2c/0x40 esp_output_tail+0x348/0x5c0 [esp4] esp_output+0x120/0x19c [esp4] xfrm_output_one+0x25c/0x4d4 xfrm_output_resume+0x6c/0x1fc xfrm_output+0xac/0x3c0 xfrm4_output+0x64/0x130 ip_build_and_send_pkt+0x158/0x20c tcp_v4_send_synack+0xdc/0x1f0 tcp_conn_request+0x7d0/0x994 tcp_v4_conn_request+0x58/0x6c tcp_v6_conn_request+0xf0/0x100 tcp_rcv_state_process+0x1cc/0xd60 tcp_v4_do_rcv+0x10c/0x250 tcp_v4_rcv+0xfc4/0x10a4 ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0xf4/0x200 ip_local_deliver_finish+0x58/0x70 ip_local_deliver+0x68/0x120 ip_sublist_rcv_finish+0x70/0x94 ip_list_rcv_finish.constprop.0+0x17c/0x1d0 ip_sublist_rcv+0x40/0xb0 ip_list_rcv+0x140/0x1dc __netif_receive_skb_list_core+0x154/0x28c __netif_receive_skb_list+0x120/0x1a0 netif_receive_skb_list_internal+0xe4/0x1f0 napi_complete_done+0x70/0x1f0 gro_cell_poll+0x9c/0xb0 napi_poll+0xcc/0x264 net_rx_action+0xd4/0x21c __do_softirq+0x130/0x358 irq_exit+0x11c/0x13c __handle_domain_irq+0x88/0xf0 gic_handle_irq+0x78/0x2c0 el1_irq+0xb8/0x140 arch_cpu_idle+0x18/0x40 default_idle_call+0x5c/0x1c0 cpuidle_idle_call+0x174/0x1b0 do_idle+0xc8/0x160 cpu_startup_entry+0x30/0x11c secondary_start_kernel+0x158/0x1e4 softirq: huh, entered softirq 3 NET_RX 0000000093774ee4 with preempt_count 00000100, exited with fffffe00?

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Jun 18, 2025
Updated
Aug 5, 2026
EPSS
0.3% · 28th percentile
CWE
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Action score

22

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.3%

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
5.5
CNA · Linux
7.5
2.0 point gap

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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Affected systems

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VendorProduct
linuxlinux kernel

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernel5.5 and later · before 5.10.137
  • linux linux kernel5.11 and later · before 5.15.61
  • linux linux kernel5.16 and later · before 5.18.18
  • linux linux kernel5.19 and later · before 5.19.2

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

    • 5.5affected
    • 416d82204df44ef727de6eafafeaa4d12fdc78dc and later · before 16e18a8ac7c9748cf35a8d2f0ba2c6e8850e7568affected · git
    • 416d82204df44ef727de6eafafeaa4d12fdc78dc and later · before aa495dfe71229b9034b59d8072ff0b2325ddd5eeaffected · git
    • 416d82204df44ef727de6eafafeaa4d12fdc78dc and later · before 4a461ba5b9753352f438824fdd915cba675b1733affected · git
    • 416d82204df44ef727de6eafafeaa4d12fdc78dc and later · before c9be45e4c69fde36522274f04d1aa0d097ae3958affected · git
    • 416d82204df44ef727de6eafafeaa4d12fdc78dc and later · before 02884a4f12de11f54d4ca67a07dd1f111d96fdbdaffected · git
    • before 5.5not affected · semver
    • 5.10.137 and later · up to and including 5.10.*not affected · semver
    • 5.15.61 and later · up to and including 5.15.*not affected · semver
    • 5.18.18 and later · up to and including 5.18.*not affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.0.2-16.0.2-1

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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux02884a4f12de11f54d4ca67a07dd1f111d96fdbdVendor (CNA)
Linux Linux16e18a8ac7c9748cf35a8d2f0ba2c6e8850e7568Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux4a461ba5b9753352f438824fdd915cba675b1733Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxaa495dfe71229b9034b59d8072ff0b2325ddd5eeVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxc9be45e4c69fde36522274f04d1aa0d097ae3958Vendor (CNA)
debian:linux6.0.2-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

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Research context

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Timeline

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EPSS, last 120 days

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Patch and commit links

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Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

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.

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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)

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CVSS 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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Change log

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References

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