# CVE-2022-49154: KVM: SVM: fix panic on out-of-bounds guest IRQ

> A guest VM can trigger a kernel panic in the Linux KVM SVM module by sending an out-of-bounds IRQ, causing a denial of service.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:** 26 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49154, GHSA-pmg5-cqg9-w979, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49154

## What is CVE-2022-49154?

CVE-2022-49154 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2025. 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:

KVM: SVM: fix panic on out-of-bounds guest IRQ

As guest_irq is coming from KVM_IRQFD API call, it may trigger
crash in svm_update_pi_irte() due to out-of-bounds:

crash> bt
PID: 22218  TASK: ffff951a6ad74980  CPU: 73  COMMAND: "vcpu8"
 #0 [ffffb1ba6707fa40] machine_kexec at ffffffff8565b397
 #1 [ffffb1ba6707fa90] __crash_kexec at ffffffff85788a6d
 #2 [ffffb1ba6707fb58] crash_kexec at ffffffff8578995d
 #3 [ffffb1ba6707fb70] oops_end at ffffffff85623c0d
 #4 [ffffb1ba6707fb90] no_context at ffffffff856692c9
 #5 [ffffb1ba6707fbf8] exc_page_fault at ffffffff85f95b51
 #6 [ffffb1ba6707fc50] asm_exc_page_fault at ffffffff86000ace
    [exception RIP: svm_update_pi_irte+227]
    RIP: ffffffffc0761b53  RSP: ffffb1ba6707fd08  RFLAGS: 00010086
    RAX: ffffb1ba6707fd78  RBX: ffffb1ba66d91000  RCX: 0000000000000001
    RDX: 00003c803f63f1c0  RSI: 000000000000019a  RDI: ffffb1ba66db2ab8
    RBP: 000000000000019a   R8: 0000000000000040   R9: ffff94ca41b82200
    R10: ffffffffffffffcf  R11: 0000000000000001  R12: 0000000000000001
    R13: 0000000000000001  R14: ffffffffffffffcf  R15: 000000000000005f
    ORIG_RAX: ffffffffffffffff  CS: 0010  SS: 0018
 #7 [ffffb1ba6707fdb8] kvm_irq_routing_update at ffffffffc09f19a1 [kvm]
 #8 [ffffb1ba6707fde0] kvm_set_irq_routing at ffffffffc09f2133 [kvm]
 #9 [ffffb1ba6707fe18] kvm_vm_ioctl at ffffffffc09ef544 [kvm]
    RIP: 00007f143c36488b  RSP: 00007f143a4e04b8  RFLAGS: 00000246
    RAX: ffffffffffffffda  RBX: 00007f05780041d0  RCX: 00007f143c36488b
    RDX: 00007f05780041d0  RSI: 000000004008ae6a  RDI: 0000000000000020
    RBP: 00000000000004e8   R8: 0000000000000008   R9: 00007f05780041e0
    R10: 00007f0578004560  R11: 0000000000000246  R12: 00000000000004e0
    R13: 000000000000001a  R14: 00007f1424001c60  R15: 00007f0578003bc0
    ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000010  CS: 0033  SS: 002b

Vmx have been fix this in commit 3a8b0677fc61 (KVM: VMX: Do not BUG() on
out-of-bounds guest IRQ), so we can just copy source from that to fix
this.

Weakness: CWE-617 (Reachable Assertion)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49154?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-49154?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-49154 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49154 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-2022-49154 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-49154 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2025. 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-2022-49154 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-2022-49154/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49154/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49154
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49154
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49154

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49154/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.