# CVE-2022-49265: PM: domains: Fix sleep-in-atomic bug caused by genpd_debug_remove()

> A sleep-in-atomic bug in the Linux kernel power management domain removal can cause a system crash or hang.

- **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-2022-49265, GHSA-42qx-w7ww-6586, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49265

## What is CVE-2022-49265?

CVE-2022-49265 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:

PM: domains: Fix sleep-in-atomic bug caused by genpd_debug_remove()

When a genpd with GENPD_FLAG_IRQ_SAFE gets removed, the following
sleep-in-atomic bug will be seen, as genpd_debug_remove() will be called
with a spinlock being held.

[    0.029183] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/rwsem.c:1460
[    0.029204] in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 128, non_block: 0, pid: 1, name: swapper/0
[    0.029219] preempt_count: 1, expected: 0
[    0.029230] CPU: 1 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.17.0-rc4+ #489
[    0.029245] Hardware name: Thundercomm TurboX CM2290 (DT)
[    0.029256] Call trace:
[    0.029265]  dump_backtrace.part.0+0xbc/0xd0
[    0.029285]  show_stack+0x3c/0xa0
[    0.029298]  dump_stack_lvl+0x7c/0xa0
[    0.029311]  dump_stack+0x18/0x34
[    0.029323]  __might_resched+0x10c/0x13c
[    0.029338]  __might_sleep+0x4c/0x80
[    0.029351]  down_read+0x24/0xd0
[    0.029363]  lookup_one_len_unlocked+0x9c/0xcc
[    0.029379]  lookup_positive_unlocked+0x10/0x50
[    0.029392]  debugfs_lookup+0x68/0xac
[    0.029406]  genpd_remove.part.0+0x12c/0x1b4
[    0.029419]  of_genpd_remove_last+0xa8/0xd4
[    0.029434]  psci_cpuidle_domain_probe+0x174/0x53c
[    0.029449]  platform_probe+0x68/0xe0
[    0.029462]  really_probe+0x190/0x430
[    0.029473]  __driver_probe_device+0x90/0x18c
[    0.029485]  driver_probe_device+0x40/0xe0
[    0.029497]  __driver_attach+0xf4/0x1d0
[    0.029508]  bus_for_each_dev+0x70/0xd0
[    0.029523]  driver_attach+0x24/0x30
[    0.029534]  bus_add_driver+0x164/0x22c
[    0.029545]  driver_register+0x78/0x130
[    0.029556]  __platform_driver_register+0x28/0x34
[    0.029569]  psci_idle_init_domains+0x1c/0x28
[    0.029583]  do_one_initcall+0x50/0x1b0
[    0.029595]  kernel_init_freeable+0x214/0x280
[    0.029609]  kernel_init+0x2c/0x13c
[    0.029622]  ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20

It doesn't seem necessary to call genpd_debug_remove() with the lock, so
move it out from locking to fix the problem.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49265?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-49265?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-49265 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49265 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-49265 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-49265 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-2022-49265 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-2022-49265/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49265/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49265
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49265
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49265

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