# CVE-2022-48752: powerpc/perf: Fix power_pmu_disable to call clear_pmi_irq_pending only if PMI is pending > A logic error in the PowerPC performance monitoring driver causes a kernel warning and potential instability when disabling PMU without a pending interrupt. - **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`) - **Exploited in the wild:** Not known - **Login needed:** Any signed-in user - **Attackable:** Local or same network only - **Victim action needed:** Not needed - **Fix available:** Yes - **Published:** 20 Jun 2024 - **Updated:** 11 May 2026 - **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48752, GHSA-36cj-8xp6-3cv8, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48752 ## What is CVE-2022-48752? CVE-2022-48752 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 20 Jun 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim. ### Official description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/perf: Fix power_pmu_disable to call clear_pmi_irq_pending only if PMI is pending Running selftest with CONFIG_PPC_IRQ_SOFT_MASK_DEBUG enabled in kernel triggered below warning: [ 172.851380] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 172.851391] WARNING: CPU: 8 PID: 2901 at arch/powerpc/include/asm/hw_irq.h:246 power_pmu_disable+0x270/0x280 [ 172.851402] Modules linked in: dm_mod bonding nft_ct nf_conntrack nf_defrag_ipv6 nf_defrag_ipv4 ip_set nf_tables rfkill nfnetlink sunrpc xfs libcrc32c pseries_rng xts vmx_crypto uio_pdrv_genirq uio sch_fq_codel ip_tables ext4 mbcache jbd2 sd_mod t10_pi sg ibmvscsi ibmveth scsi_transport_srp fuse [ 172.851442] CPU: 8 PID: 2901 Comm: lost_exception_ Not tainted 5.16.0-rc5-03218-g798527287598 #2 [ 172.851451] NIP: c00000000013d600 LR: c00000000013d5a4 CTR: c00000000013b180 [ 172.851458] REGS: c000000017687860 TRAP: 0700 Not tainted (5.16.0-rc5-03218-g798527287598) [ 172.851465] MSR: 8000000000029033 CR: 48004884 XER: 20040000 [ 172.851482] CFAR: c00000000013d5b4 IRQMASK: 1 [ 172.851482] GPR00: c00000000013d5a4 c000000017687b00 c000000002a10600 0000000000000004 [ 172.851482] GPR04: 0000000082004000 c0000008ba08f0a8 0000000000000000 00000008b7ed0000 [ 172.851482] GPR08: 00000000446194f6 0000000000008000 c00000000013b118 c000000000d58e68 [ 172.851482] GPR12: c00000000013d390 c00000001ec54a80 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 [ 172.851482] GPR16: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 c000000015d5c708 c0000000025396d0 [ 172.851482] GPR20: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 c00000000a3bbf40 0000000000000003 [ 172.851482] GPR24: 0000000000000000 c0000008ba097400 c0000000161e0d00 c00000000a3bb600 [ 172.851482] GPR28: c000000015d5c700 0000000000000001 0000000082384090 c0000008ba0020d8 [ 172.851549] NIP [c00000000013d600] power_pmu_disable+0x270/0x280 [ 172.851557] LR [c00000000013d5a4] power_pmu_disable+0x214/0x280 [ 172.851565] Call Trace: [ 172.851568] [c000000017687b00] [c00000000013d5a4] power_pmu_disable+0x214/0x280 (unreliable) [ 172.851579] [c000000017687b40] [c0000000003403ac] perf_pmu_disable+0x4c/0x60 [ 172.851588] [c000000017687b60] [c0000000003445e4] __perf_event_task_sched_out+0x1d4/0x660 [ 172.851596] [c000000017687c50] [c000000000d1175c] __schedule+0xbcc/0x12a0 [ 172.851602] [c000000017687d60] [c000000000d11ea8] schedule+0x78/0x140 [ 172.851608] [c000000017687d90] [c0000000001a8080] sys_sched_yield+0x20/0x40 [ 172.851615] [c000000017687db0] [c0000000000334dc] system_call_exception+0x18c/0x380 [ 172.851622] [c000000017687e10] [c00000000000c74c] system_call_common+0xec/0x268 The warning indicates that MSR_EE being set(interrupt enabled) when there was an overflown PMC detected. This could happen in power_pmu_disable since it runs under interrupt soft disable condition ( local_irq_save ) and not with interrupts hard disabled. commit 2c9ac51b850d ("powerpc/perf: Fix PMU callbacks to clear pending PMI before resetting an overflown PMC") intended to clear PMI pending bit in Paca when disabling the PMU. It could happen that PMC gets overflown while code is in power_pmu_disable callback function. Hence add a check to see if PMI pending bit is set in Paca before clearing it via clear_pmi_pending. ## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-48752? It affects 1 product. Products: Linux kernel. ## How do I fix CVE-2022-48752? Apply the vendor's patch. ## Is CVE-2022-48752 being exploited? There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48752 in the wild and no public exploit code. ## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel - [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild) - [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild) ## Fix prompt for AI coding agents ```text Check this codebase for CVE-2022-48752 and fix it if it is affected. What it is: CVE-2022-48752 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 20 Jun 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim. Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48752 in the wild and no public exploit code. Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page. Task: 1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies. 2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it. 3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead. 4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why. 5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing. Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48752/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48752/index.md) ``` ## Sources - CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48752 - NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48752 - OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-48752 --- From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48752/ Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.