CVE-2022-49670 linux/dim: Fix divide by 0 in RDMA DIM

High 7.5 Published 26 Feb 2025 Updated 5 Aug 2026

A divide-by-zero error in the Linux kernel's RDMA DIM module can cause a system crash, leading to denial of service.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2022-49670?

CVE-2022-49670 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

linux/dim: Fix divide by 0 in RDMA DIM

Fix a divide 0 error in rdma_dim_stats_compare() when prev->cpe_ratio == 0.

CallTrace: Hardware name: H3C R4900 G3/RS33M2C9S, BIOS 2.00.37P21 03/12/2020 task: ffff880194b78000 task.stack: ffffc90006714000 RIP: 0010:backport_rdma_dim+0x10e/0x240 [mlx_compat] RSP: 0018:ffff880c10e83ec0 EFLAGS: 00010202 RAX: 0000000000002710 RBX: ffff88096cd7f780 RCX: 0000000000000064 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000002 RDI: 0000000000000001 RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 000000001d7c6c09 R13: ffff88096cd7f780 R14: ffff880b174fe800 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff880c10e80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00000000a0965b00 CR3: 000000000200a003 CR4: 00000000007606e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 PKRU: 55555554 Call Trace: <IRQ> ib_poll_handler+0x43/0x80 [ib_core] irq_poll_softirq+0xae/0x110 __do_softirq+0xd1/0x28c irq_exit+0xde/0xf0 do_IRQ+0x54/0xe0 common_interrupt+0x8f/0x8f </IRQ> ? cpuidle_enter_state+0xd9/0x2a0 ? cpuidle_enter_state+0xc7/0x2a0 ? do_idle+0x170/0x1d0 ? cpu_startup_entry+0x6f/0x80 ? start_secondary+0x1b9/0x210 ? secondary_startup_64+0xa5/0xb0 Code: 0f 87 e1 00 00 00 8b 4c 24 14 44 8b 43 14 89 c8 4d 63 c8 44 29 c0 99 31 d0 29 d0 31 d2 48 98 48 8d 04 80 48 8d 04 80 48 c1 e0 02 <49> f7 f1 48 83 f8 0a 0f 86 c1 00 00 00 44 39 c1 7f 10 48 89 df RIP: backport_rdma_dim+0x10e/0x240 [mlx_compat] RSP: ffff880c10e83ec0

Weakness: CWE-369

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49670?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-49670?

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-2022-49670 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49670 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49670, GHSA-2q4p-mh77-5j5x, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49670.