# CVE-2022-49193: ice: fix 'scheduling while atomic' on aux critical err interrupt

> A bug in the Intel ice network driver causes a kernel crash when processing auxiliary critical error interrupts, leading to system denial of service.

- **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:** 26 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49193, GHSA-74r5-9m22-5p6r, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49193

## What is CVE-2022-49193?

CVE-2022-49193 is a medium-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:

ice: fix 'scheduling while atomic' on aux critical err interrupt

There's a kernel BUG splat on processing aux critical error
interrupts in ice_misc_intr():

[ 2100.917085] BUG: scheduling while atomic: swapper/15/0/0x00010000
...
[ 2101.060770] Call Trace:
[ 2101.063229]  <IRQ>
[ 2101.065252]  dump_stack+0x41/0x60
[ 2101.068587]  __schedule_bug.cold.100+0x4c/0x58
[ 2101.073060]  __schedule+0x6a4/0x830
[ 2101.076570]  schedule+0x35/0xa0
[ 2101.079727]  schedule_preempt_disabled+0xa/0x10
[ 2101.084284]  __mutex_lock.isra.7+0x310/0x420
[ 2101.088580]  ? ice_misc_intr+0x201/0x2e0 [ice]
[ 2101.093078]  ice_send_event_to_aux+0x25/0x70 [ice]
[ 2101.097921]  ice_misc_intr+0x220/0x2e0 [ice]
[ 2101.102232]  __handle_irq_event_percpu+0x40/0x180
[ 2101.106965]  handle_irq_event_percpu+0x30/0x80
[ 2101.111434]  handle_irq_event+0x36/0x53
[ 2101.115292]  handle_edge_irq+0x82/0x190
[ 2101.119148]  handle_irq+0x1c/0x30
[ 2101.122480]  do_IRQ+0x49/0xd0
[ 2101.125465]  common_interrupt+0xf/0xf
[ 2101.129146]  </IRQ>
...

As Andrew correctly mentioned previously[0], the following call
ladder happens:

ice_misc_intr() <- hardirq
  ice_send_event_to_aux()
    device_lock()
      mutex_lock()
        might_sleep()
          might_resched() <- oops

Add a new PF state bit which indicates that an aux critical error
occurred and serve it in ice_service_task() in process context.
The new ice_pf::oicr_err_reg is read-write in both hardirq and
process contexts, but only 3 bits of non-critical data probably
aren't worth explicit synchronizing (and they're even in the same
byte [31:24]).

[0] https://lore.kernel.org/all/YeSRUVmrdmlUXHDn@lunn.ch

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49193?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-49193?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-49193 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49193 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [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-2022-49193 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-49193 is a medium-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-2022-49193 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-2022-49193/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49193/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49193
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49193
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49193

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