FKIE_CVE-2022-50476

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2025-10-04 16:15 - Updated: 2025-10-06 14:56
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Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ntb_netdev: Use dev_kfree_skb_any() in interrupt context TX/RX callback handlers (ntb_netdev_tx_handler(), ntb_netdev_rx_handler()) can be called in interrupt context via the DMA framework when the respective DMA operations have completed. As such, any calls by these routines to free skb's, should use the interrupt context safe dev_kfree_skb_any() function. Previously, these callback handlers would call the interrupt unsafe version of dev_kfree_skb(). This has not presented an issue on Intel IOAT DMA engines as that driver utilizes tasklets rather than a hard interrupt handler, like the AMD PTDMA DMA driver. On AMD systems, a kernel WARNING message is encountered, which is being issued from skb_release_head_state() due to in_hardirq() being true. Besides the user visible WARNING from the kernel, the other symptom of this bug was that TCP/IP performance across the ntb_netdev interface was very poor, i.e. approximately an order of magnitude below what was expected. With the repair to use dev_kfree_skb_any(), kernel WARNINGs from skb_release_head_state() ceased and TCP/IP performance, as measured by iperf, was on par with expected results, approximately 20 Gb/s on AMD Milan based server. Note that this performance is comparable with Intel based servers.
References
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07e28a8f450217db679802ebd4de0915556ce846
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13286ad1c7c49c606fdcba4cf66f953a1a16c1ca
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14d245da57a11e80277ab455aa9b6dcc5ed38a19
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21296a52caa6a6bad6debdfe40ad81d4f1a27e69
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f7d78b2b12a9d561f48fa00bab29b40f4616dad
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b78493968ed3cef0326183ed059c55e42f24d5b
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6b9e09403102bdf8402dae734800e4916c7ea58
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4460c82177899751975180c268f352893302221
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd860b39aa7c7b82e6c99b6fdb99d4610ce49d67
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      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nntb_netdev: Use dev_kfree_skb_any() in interrupt context\n\nTX/RX callback handlers (ntb_netdev_tx_handler(),\nntb_netdev_rx_handler()) can be called in interrupt\ncontext via the DMA framework when the respective\nDMA operations have completed. As such, any calls\nby these routines to free skb\u0027s, should use the\ninterrupt context safe dev_kfree_skb_any() function.\n\nPreviously, these callback handlers would call the\ninterrupt unsafe version of dev_kfree_skb(). This has\nnot presented an issue on Intel IOAT DMA engines as\nthat driver utilizes tasklets rather than a hard\ninterrupt handler, like the AMD PTDMA DMA driver.\nOn AMD systems, a kernel WARNING message is\nencountered, which is being issued from\nskb_release_head_state() due to in_hardirq()\nbeing true.\n\nBesides the user visible WARNING from the kernel,\nthe other symptom of this bug was that TCP/IP performance\nacross the ntb_netdev interface was very poor, i.e.\napproximately an order of magnitude below what was\nexpected. With the repair to use dev_kfree_skb_any(),\nkernel WARNINGs from skb_release_head_state() ceased\nand TCP/IP performance, as measured by iperf, was on\npar with expected results, approximately 20 Gb/s on\nAMD Milan based server. Note that this performance\nis comparable with Intel based servers."
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  "id": "CVE-2022-50476",
  "lastModified": "2025-10-06T14:56:47.823",
  "metrics": {},
  "published": "2025-10-04T16:15:44.177",
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