# CVE-2022-49764: bpf: Prevent bpf program recursion for raw tracepoint probes

> A local attacker can cause a kernel stack overflow and system crash by attaching a recursive BPF program to a raw tracepoint.

- **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:** 1 May 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-69716, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49764, GHSA-7wj3-cv8c-chpx, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2022-49764, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2022-49764, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49764

## What is CVE-2022-49764?

CVE-2022-49764 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 May 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:

bpf: Prevent bpf program recursion for raw tracepoint probes

We got report from sysbot [1] about warnings that were caused by
bpf program attached to contention_begin raw tracepoint triggering
the same tracepoint by using bpf_trace_printk helper that takes
trace_printk_lock lock.

 Call Trace:
  <TASK>
  ? trace_event_raw_event_bpf_trace_printk+0x5f/0x90
  bpf_trace_printk+0x2b/0xe0
  bpf_prog_a9aec6167c091eef_prog+0x1f/0x24
  bpf_trace_run2+0x26/0x90
  native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x1c6/0x2b0
  _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x44/0x50
  bpf_trace_printk+0x3f/0xe0
  bpf_prog_a9aec6167c091eef_prog+0x1f/0x24
  bpf_trace_run2+0x26/0x90
  native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x1c6/0x2b0
  _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x44/0x50
  bpf_trace_printk+0x3f/0xe0
  bpf_prog_a9aec6167c091eef_prog+0x1f/0x24
  bpf_trace_run2+0x26/0x90
  native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x1c6/0x2b0
  _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x44/0x50
  bpf_trace_printk+0x3f/0xe0
  bpf_prog_a9aec6167c091eef_prog+0x1f/0x24
  bpf_trace_run2+0x26/0x90
  native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x1c6/0x2b0
  _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x44/0x50
  __unfreeze_partials+0x5b/0x160
  ...

The can be reproduced by attaching bpf program as raw tracepoint on
contention_begin tracepoint. The bpf prog calls bpf_trace_printk
helper. Then by running perf bench the spin lock code is forced to
take slow path and call contention_begin tracepoint.

Fixing this by skipping execution of the bpf program if it's
already running, Using bpf prog 'active' field, which is being
currently used by trampoline programs for the same reason.

Moving bpf_prog_inc_misses_counter to syscall.c because
trampoline.c is compiled in just for CONFIG_BPF_JIT option.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/YxhFe3EwqchC%2FfYf@krava/T/#t

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49764?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-49764?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-49764 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49764 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-49764 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-49764 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 May 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-2022-49764 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-2022-49764/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49764/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49764
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49764
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49764

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