CVE-2022-49624 net: atlantic: remove aq_nic_deinit() when resume

Medium 5.5 Published 26 Feb 2025 Updated 23 May 2026

A bug in the Atlantic network driver causes a system hang during resume from S3 sleep, leading to denial of service.

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

What is CVE-2022-49624?

CVE-2022-49624 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:

net: atlantic: remove aq_nic_deinit() when resume

aq_nic_deinit() has been called while suspending, so we don't have to call it again on resume. Actually, call it again leads to another hang issue when resuming from S3.

Jul 8 03:09:44 u-Precision-7865-Tower kernel: [ 5910.992345] Call Trace: Jul 8 03:09:44 u-Precision-7865-Tower kernel: [ 5910.992346] <TASK> Jul 8 03:09:44 u-Precision-7865-Tower kernel: [ 5910.992348] aq_nic_deinit+0xb4/0xd0 [atlantic] Jul 8 03:09:44 u-Precision-7865-Tower kernel: [ 5910.992356] aq_pm_thaw+0x7f/0x100 [atlantic] Jul 8 03:09:44 u-Precision-7865-Tower kernel: [ 5910.992362] pci_pm_resume+0x5c/0x90 Jul 8 03:09:44 u-Precision-7865-Tower kernel: [ 5910.992366] ? pci_pm_thaw+0x80/0x80 Jul 8 03:09:44 u-Precision-7865-Tower kernel: [ 5910.992368] dpm_run_callback+0x4e/0x120 Jul 8 03:09:44 u-Precision-7865-Tower kernel: [ 5910.992371] device_resume+0xad/0x200 Jul 8 03:09:44 u-Precision-7865-Tower kernel: [ 5910.992373] async_resume+0x1e/0x40 Jul 8 03:09:44 u-Precision-7865-Tower kernel: [ 5910.992374] async_run_entry_fn+0x33/0x120 Jul 8 03:09:44 u-Precision-7865-Tower kernel: [ 5910.992377] process_one_work+0x220/0x3c0 Jul 8 03:09:44 u-Precision-7865-Tower kernel: [ 5910.992380] worker_thread+0x4d/0x3f0 Jul 8 03:09:44 u-Precision-7865-Tower kernel: [ 5910.992382] ? process_one_work+0x3c0/0x3c0 Jul 8 03:09:44 u-Precision-7865-Tower kernel: [ 5910.992384] kthread+0x12a/0x150 Jul 8 03:09:44 u-Precision-7865-Tower kernel: [ 5910.992386] ? set_kthread_struct+0x40/0x40 Jul 8 03:09:44 u-Precision-7865-Tower kernel: [ 5910.992387] ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30 Jul 8 03:09:44 u-Precision-7865-Tower kernel: [ 5910.992391] </TASK> Jul 8 03:09:44 u-Precision-7865-Tower kernel: [ 5910.992392] ---[ end trace 1ec8c79604ed5e0d ]--- Jul 8 03:09:44 u-Precision-7865-Tower kernel: [ 5910.992394] PM: dpm_run_callback(): pci_pm_resume+0x0/0x90 returns -110 Jul 8 03:09:44 u-Precision-7865-Tower kernel: [ 5910.992397] atlantic 0000:02:00.0: PM: failed to resume async: error -110

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49624?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-49624?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2022-49624 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49624 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49624, GHSA-8hwx-c2rc-764g, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49624.