CVE-2022-50171
CVE-2022-50171CVE-2022-50171
linux / linux_kernel
Description
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]
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Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Last modified | 2026-08-04 |