{"cve":"CVE-2022-49584","nvd":{"published":"2025-02-26T07:01:33.987","modified":"2026-06-17T05:18:32.127","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nixgbe: Add locking to prevent panic when setting sriov_numvfs to zero\n\nIt is possible to disable VFs while the PF driver is processing requests\nfrom the VF driver.  This can result in a panic.\n\nBUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at 000000000000106c\nPGD 0 P4D 0\nOops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI\nCPU: 8 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/8 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G I      --------- -\nHardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R740/06WXJT, BIOS 2.8.2 08/27/2020\nRIP: 0010:ixgbe_msg_task+0x4c8/0x1690 [ixgbe]\nCode: 00 00 48 8d 04 40 48 c1 e0 05 89 7c 24 24 89 fd 48 89 44 24 10 83 ff\n01 0f 84 b8 04 00 00 4c 8b 64 24 10 4d 03 a5 48 22 00 00 <41> 80 7c 24 4c\n00 0f 84 8a 03 00 00 0f b7 c7 83 f8 08 0f 84 8f 0a\nRSP: 0018:ffffb337869f8df8 EFLAGS: 00010002\nRAX: 0000000000001020 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 000000000000002b\nRDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 0000000000000008 RDI: 0000000000000006\nRBP: 0000000000000006 R08: 0000000000000002 R09: 0000000000029780\nR10: 00006957d8f42832 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 0000000000001020\nR13: ffff8a00e8978ac0 R14: 000000000000002b R15: ffff8a00e8979c80\nFS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff8a07dfd00000(0000) knlGS:00000000000000\nCS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: 000000000000106c CR3: 0000000063e10004 CR4: 00000000007726e0\nDR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000\nDR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400\nPKRU: 55555554\nCall Trace:\n <IRQ>\n ? ttwu_do_wakeup+0x19/0x140\n ? try_to_wake_up+0x1cd/0x550\n ? ixgbevf_update_xcast_mode+0x71/0xc0 [ixgbevf]\n ixgbe_msix_other+0x17e/0x310 [ixgbe]\n __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x40/0x180\n handle_irq_event_percpu+0x30/0x80\n handle_irq_event+0x36/0x53\n handle_edge_irq+0x82/0x190\n handle_irq+0x1c/0x30\n do_IRQ+0x49/0xd0\n common_interrupt+0xf/0xf\n\nThis can be eventually be reproduced with the following script:\n\nwhile :\ndo\n    echo 63 > /sys/class/net/<devname>/device/sriov_numvfs\n    sleep 1\n    echo 0 > /sys/class/net/<devname>/device/sriov_numvfs\n    sleep 1\ndone\n\nAdd lock when disabling SR-IOV to prevent process VF mailbox communication.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-667"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/031af9e617a6f51075d97e56fc9e712c7dde2508","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16f929a5e76fd047fd8697e1e568bdd7d771955c","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e53834ce541d4fe271cdcca7703e50be0a44f8a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d925d2dc82cec2bcbd8625457645d8a548ab22e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b82de63f8f817b5735480293dda8e92ba8170c52"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:59:48.811064707+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-49584","score":0.00203,"percentile":0.10346,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}