# CVE-2022-48842: ice: Fix race condition during interface enslave

> A race condition in the Linux kernel ice driver can cause a deadlock when network interfaces are rapidly added to and removed from a link aggregation group.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.7 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/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:** 16 Jul 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48842, GHSA-9pfw-fqv3-483p, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48842

## What is CVE-2022-48842?

CVE-2022-48842 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 16 Jul 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:

ice: Fix race condition during interface enslave

Commit 5dbbbd01cbba83 ("ice: Avoid RTNL lock when re-creating
auxiliary device") changes a process of re-creation of aux device
so ice_plug_aux_dev() is called from ice_service_task() context.
This unfortunately opens a race window that can result in dead-lock
when interface has left LAG and immediately enters LAG again.

Reproducer:
```
#!/bin/sh

ip link add lag0 type bond mode 1 miimon 100
ip link set lag0

for n in {1..10}; do
        echo Cycle: $n
        ip link set ens7f0 master lag0
        sleep 1
        ip link set ens7f0 nomaster
done
```

This results in:
[20976.208697] Workqueue: ice ice_service_task [ice]
[20976.213422] Call Trace:
[20976.215871]  __schedule+0x2d1/0x830
[20976.219364]  schedule+0x35/0xa0
[20976.222510]  schedule_preempt_disabled+0xa/0x10
[20976.227043]  __mutex_lock.isra.7+0x310/0x420
[20976.235071]  enum_all_gids_of_dev_cb+0x1c/0x100 [ib_core]
[20976.251215]  ib_enum_roce_netdev+0xa4/0xe0 [ib_core]
[20976.256192]  ib_cache_setup_one+0x33/0xa0 [ib_core]
[20976.261079]  ib_register_device+0x40d/0x580 [ib_core]
[20976.266139]  irdma_ib_register_device+0x129/0x250 [irdma]
[20976.281409]  irdma_probe+0x2c1/0x360 [irdma]
[20976.285691]  auxiliary_bus_probe+0x45/0x70
[20976.289790]  really_probe+0x1f2/0x480
[20976.298509]  driver_probe_device+0x49/0xc0
[20976.302609]  bus_for_each_drv+0x79/0xc0
[20976.306448]  __device_attach+0xdc/0x160
[20976.310286]  bus_probe_device+0x9d/0xb0
[20976.314128]  device_add+0x43c/0x890
[20976.321287]  __auxiliary_device_add+0x43/0x60
[20976.325644]  ice_plug_aux_dev+0xb2/0x100 [ice]
[20976.330109]  ice_service_task+0xd0c/0xed0 [ice]
[20976.342591]  process_one_work+0x1a7/0x360
[20976.350536]  worker_thread+0x30/0x390
[20976.358128]  kthread+0x10a/0x120
[20976.365547]  ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x40
...
[20976.438030] task:ip              state:D stack:    0 pid:213658 ppid:213627 flags:0x00004084
[20976.446469] Call Trace:
[20976.448921]  __schedule+0x2d1/0x830
[20976.452414]  schedule+0x35/0xa0
[20976.455559]  schedule_preempt_disabled+0xa/0x10
[20976.460090]  __mutex_lock.isra.7+0x310/0x420
[20976.464364]  device_del+0x36/0x3c0
[20976.467772]  ice_unplug_aux_dev+0x1a/0x40 [ice]
[20976.472313]  ice_lag_event_handler+0x2a2/0x520 [ice]
[20976.477288]  notifier_call_chain+0x47/0x70
[20976.481386]  __netdev_upper_dev_link+0x18b/0x280
[20976.489845]  bond_enslave+0xe05/0x1790 [bonding]
[20976.494475]  do_setlink+0x336/0xf50
[20976.502517]  __rtnl_newlink+0x529/0x8b0
[20976.543441]  rtnl_newlink+0x43/0x60
[20976.546934]  rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x2b1/0x360
[20976.559238]  netlink_rcv_skb+0x4c/0x120
[20976.563079]  netlink_unicast+0x196/0x230
[20976.567005]  netlink_sendmsg+0x204/0x3d0
[20976.570930]  sock_sendmsg+0x4c/0x50
[20976.574423]  ____sys_sendmsg+0x1eb/0x250
[20976.586807]  ___sys_sendmsg+0x7c/0xc0
[20976.606353]  __sys_sendmsg+0x57/0xa0
[20976.609930]  do_syscall_64+0x5b/0x1a0
[20976.613598]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x65/0xca

1. Command 'ip link ... set nomaster' causes that ice_plug_aux_dev()
   is called from ice_service_task() context, aux device is created
   and associated device->lock is taken.
2. Command 'ip link ... set master...' calls ice's notifier under
   RTNL lock and that notifier calls ice_unplug_aux_dev(). That
   function tries to take aux device->lock but this is already taken
   by ice_plug_aux_dev() in step 1
3. Later ice_plug_aux_dev() tries to take RTNL lock but this is already
   taken in step 2
4. Dead-lock

The patch fixes this issue by following changes:
- Bit ICE_FLAG_PLUG_AUX_DEV is kept to be set during ice_plug_aux_dev()
  call in ice_service_task()
- The bit is checked in ice_clear_rdma_cap() and only if it is not set
  then ice_unplug_aux_dev() is called. If it is set (in other words
  plugging of aux device was requested and ice_plug_aux_dev() is
  potentially running) then the function only clears the
---truncated---

Weakness: CWE-667 (Improper Locking), CWE-362 (Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-48842?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-48842?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-48842 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48842 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-48842 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-48842 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 16 Jul 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-2022-48842 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-2022-48842/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48842/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48842
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48842
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-48842

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