# CVE-2022-49322: tracing: Fix sleeping function called from invalid context on RT kernel

> A bug in the Linux kernel tracing subsystem causes a crash on PREEMPT_RT kernels when specific boot parameters are used, leading to 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-2022-49322, GHSA-9cc8-5cmc-hcj3, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49322

## What is CVE-2022-49322?

CVE-2022-49322 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:

tracing: Fix sleeping function called from invalid context on RT kernel

When setting bootparams="trace_event=initcall:initcall_start tp_printk=1" in the
cmdline, the output_printk() was called, and the spin_lock_irqsave() was called in the
atomic and irq disable interrupt context suitation. On the PREEMPT_RT kernel,
these locks are replaced with sleepable rt-spinlock, so the stack calltrace will
be triggered.
Fix it by raw_spin_lock_irqsave when PREEMPT_RT and "trace_event=initcall:initcall_start
tp_printk=1" enabled.

 BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:46
 in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 1, name: swapper/0
 preempt_count: 2, expected: 0
 RCU nest depth: 0, expected: 0
 Preemption disabled at:
 [<ffffffff8992303e>] try_to_wake_up+0x7e/0xba0
 CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.17.1-rt17+ #19 34c5812404187a875f32bee7977f7367f9679ea7
 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.14.0-2 04/01/2014
 Call Trace:
  <TASK>
  dump_stack_lvl+0x60/0x8c
  dump_stack+0x10/0x12
  __might_resched.cold+0x11d/0x155
  rt_spin_lock+0x40/0x70
  trace_event_buffer_commit+0x2fa/0x4c0
  ? map_vsyscall+0x93/0x93
  trace_event_raw_event_initcall_start+0xbe/0x110
  ? perf_trace_initcall_finish+0x210/0x210
  ? probe_sched_wakeup+0x34/0x40
  ? ttwu_do_wakeup+0xda/0x310
  ? trace_hardirqs_on+0x35/0x170
  ? map_vsyscall+0x93/0x93
  do_one_initcall+0x217/0x3c0
  ? trace_event_raw_event_initcall_level+0x170/0x170
  ? push_cpu_stop+0x400/0x400
  ? cblist_init_generic+0x241/0x290
  kernel_init_freeable+0x1ac/0x347
  ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x65/0x80
  ? rest_init+0xf0/0xf0
  kernel_init+0x1e/0x150
  ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
  </TASK>

Weakness: CWE-667 (Improper Locking)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49322?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-49322?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-49322 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49322 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-49322 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-49322 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-2022-49322 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-2022-49322/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49322/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49322
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49322
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49322

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