CVE Catalog

CVE-2022-49725

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.30%

22th percentile - higher than 22% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the i40e driver has a vulnerability causing a call trace and potentially a system panic. The issue occurs when after a PF reset and ethtool -t, the second i40e_vsi_close starts before the previous one finishes, leading to a crash.

Risk Assessment

This could cause system instability, network failures, or complete system hang in environments using Intel network cards.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix that adds a reset state check before starting offline tests.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i40e: Fix call trace in setup_tx_descriptors After PF reset and ethtool -t there was call trace in dmesg sometimes leading to panic. When there was some time, around 5 seconds, between reset and test there were no errors. Problem was that pf reset calls i40e_vsi_close in prep_for_reset and ethtool -t calls i40e_vsi_close in diag_test. If there was not enough time between those commands the second i40e_vsi_close starts before previous i40e_vsi_close was done which leads to crash. Add check to diag_test if pf is in reset and don't start offline tests if it is true. Add netif_info("testing failed") into unhappy path of i40e_diag_test()

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