CVE-2022-49383 watchdog: rzg2l_wdt: Fix 'BUG: Invalid wait context'

What is CVE-2022-49383?

CVE-2022-49383 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:

watchdog: rzg2l_wdt: Fix 'BUG: Invalid wait context'

This patch fixes the issue 'BUG: Invalid wait context' during restart() callback by using clk_prepare_enable() instead of pm_runtime_get_sync() for turning on the clocks during restart.

This issue is noticed when testing with renesas_defconfig.

[ 42.213802] reboot: Restarting system [ 42.217860] [ 42.219364] ============================= [ 42.223368] [ BUG: Invalid wait context ] [ 42.227372] 5.17.0-rc5-arm64-renesas-00002-g10393723e35e #522 Not tainted [ 42.234153] ----------------------------- [ 42.238155] systemd-shutdow/1 is trying to lock: [ 42.242766] ffff00000a650828 (&genpd->mlock){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: genpd_lock_mtx+0x14/0x20 [ 42.250709] other info that might help us debug this: [ 42.255753] context-{4:4} [ 42.258368] 2 locks held by systemd-shutdow/1: [ 42.262806] #0: ffff80000944e1c8 (system_transition_mutex#2){+.+.}-{3:3}, at: __do_sys_reboot+0xd0/0x250 [ 42.272388] #1: ffff8000094c4e40 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:2}, at: atomic_notifier_call_chain+0x0/0x150 [ 42.281795] stack backtrace: [ 42.284672] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: systemd-shutdow Not tainted 5.17.0-rc5-arm64-renesas-00002-g10393723e35e #522 [ 42.294577] Hardware name: Renesas SMARC EVK based on r9a07g044c2 (DT) [ 42.301096] Call trace: [ 42.303538] dump_backtrace+0xcc/0xd8 [ 42.307203] show_stack+0x14/0x30 [ 42.310517] dump_stack_lvl+0x88/0xb0 [ 42.314180] dump_stack+0x14/0x2c [ 42.317492] __lock_acquire+0x1b24/0x1b50 [ 42.321502] lock_acquire+0x120/0x3a8 [ 42.325162] __mutex_lock+0x84/0x8f8 [ 42.328737] mutex_lock_nested+0x30/0x58 [ 42.332658] genpd_lock_mtx+0x14/0x20 [ 42.336319] genpd_runtime_resume+0xc4/0x228 [ 42.340587] __rpm_callback+0x44/0x170 [ 42.344337] rpm_callback+0x64/0x70 [ 42.347824] rpm_resume+0x4e0/0x6b8 [ 42.351310] __pm_runtime_resume+0x50/0x78 [ 42.355404] rzg2l_wdt_restart+0x28/0x68 [ 42.359329] watchdog_restart_notifier+0x1c/0x30 [ 42.363943] atomic_notifier_call_chain+0x94/0x150 [ 42.368732] do_kernel_restart+0x24/0x30 [ 42.372652] machine_restart+0x44/0x70 [ 42.376399] kernel_restart+0x3c/0x60 [ 42.380058] __do_sys_reboot+0x228/0x250 [ 42.383977] __arm64_sys_reboot+0x20/0x28 [ 42.387983] invoke_syscall+0x40/0xf8

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49383?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-49383?

Apply the vendor's patch.

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Is CVE-2022-49383 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49383 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49383, GHSA-h447-c2wm-jgwc, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49383.