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CVE-2022-50091
published 2025-06-18

CVE-2022-50091: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: locking/csd_lock: Change csdlock_debug from early_param to __setup The csdlock_debug…

PriorityP419medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.21%
11.0th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: locking/csd_lock: Change csdlock_debug from early_param to __setup The csdlock_debug kernel-boot parameter is parsed by the early_param() function csdlock_debug(). If set, csdlock_debug() invokes static_branch_enable() to enable csd_lock_wait feature, which triggers a panic on arm64 for kernels built with CONFIG_SPARSEMEM=y and CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP=n. With CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP=n, __nr_to_section is called in static_key_enable() and returns NULL, resulting in a NULL dereference because mem_section is initialized only later in sparse_init(). This is also a problem for powerpc because early_param() functions are invoked earlier than jump_label_init(), also resulting in static_key_enable() failures. These failures cause the warning "static key 'xxx' used before call to jump_label_init()". Thus, early_param is too early for csd_lock_wait to run static_branch_enable(), so changes it to __setup to fix these.

Affected

12 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.0.2-1 (bookworm)linux 6.0.2-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 8d0968cc6b8ffd8496c2ebffdfdc801f949a85e5 < d2cbdbe22b5f190055d2d0ae92e7454479343a30d2cbdbe22b5f190055d2d0ae92e7454479343a30
linuxlinux>= 8d0968cc6b8ffd8496c2ebffdfdc801f949a85e5 < 05de9e2e33b1625c71aee69e353fe906dd2be88a05de9e2e33b1625c71aee69e353fe906dd2be88a
linuxlinux>= 8d0968cc6b8ffd8496c2ebffdfdc801f949a85e5 < b480d1e9a8c11ecc1c99dc01814b28e3103bd0a0b480d1e9a8c11ecc1c99dc01814b28e3103bd0a0
linuxlinux>= 8d0968cc6b8ffd8496c2ebffdfdc801f949a85e5 < 9c9b26b0df270d4f9246e483a44686fca951a29c9c9b26b0df270d4f9246e483a44686fca951a29c
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.0.2-16.0.2-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.0.2-16.0.2-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.0.2-16.0.2-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.13 < 5.15.615.15.61
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16 < 5.18.185.18.18
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.19 < 5.19.25.19.2

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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