# CVE-2022-50053: iavf: Fix reset error handling
> A flaw in the iavf driver's reset error handling can cause a deadlock, leading to a denial of service when removing virtual functions.
- **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:** 18 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50053, GHSA-fff7-r5fr-892q, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2022-50053, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50053
## What is CVE-2022-50053?
CVE-2022-50053 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Jun 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:
iavf: Fix reset error handling
Do not call iavf_close in iavf_reset_task error handling. Doing so can
lead to double call of napi_disable, which can lead to deadlock there.
Removing VF would lead to iavf_remove task being stuck, because it
requires crit_lock, which is held by iavf_close.
Call iavf_disable_vf if reset fail, so that driver will clean up
remaining invalid resources.
During rapid VF resets, HW can fail to setup VF mailbox. Wrong
error handling can lead to iavf_remove being stuck with:
[ 5218.999087] iavf 0000:82:01.0: Failed to init adminq: -53
...
[ 5267.189211] INFO: task repro.sh:11219 blocked for more than 30 seconds.
[ 5267.189520] Tainted: G S E 5.18.0-04958-ga54ce3703613-dirty #1
[ 5267.189764] "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
[ 5267.190062] task:repro.sh state:D stack: 0 pid:11219 ppid: 8162 flags:0x00000000
[ 5267.190347] Call Trace:
[ 5267.190647]
[ 5267.190927] __schedule+0x460/0x9f0
[ 5267.191264] schedule+0x44/0xb0
[ 5267.191563] schedule_preempt_disabled+0x14/0x20
[ 5267.191890] __mutex_lock.isra.12+0x6e3/0xac0
[ 5267.192237] ? iavf_remove+0xf9/0x6c0 [iavf]
[ 5267.192565] iavf_remove+0x12a/0x6c0 [iavf]
[ 5267.192911] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x1e/0x40
[ 5267.193285] pci_device_remove+0x36/0xb0
[ 5267.193619] device_release_driver_internal+0xc1/0x150
[ 5267.193974] pci_stop_bus_device+0x69/0x90
[ 5267.194361] pci_stop_and_remove_bus_device+0xe/0x20
[ 5267.194735] pci_iov_remove_virtfn+0xba/0x120
[ 5267.195130] sriov_disable+0x2f/0xe0
[ 5267.195506] ice_free_vfs+0x7d/0x2f0 [ice]
[ 5267.196056] ? pci_get_device+0x4f/0x70
[ 5267.196496] ice_sriov_configure+0x78/0x1a0 [ice]
[ 5267.196995] sriov_numvfs_store+0xfe/0x140
[ 5267.197466] kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x12e/0x1c0
[ 5267.197918] new_sync_write+0x10c/0x190
[ 5267.198404] vfs_write+0x24e/0x2d0
[ 5267.198886] ksys_write+0x5c/0xd0
[ 5267.199367] do_syscall_64+0x3a/0x80
[ 5267.199827] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0
[ 5267.200317] RIP: 0033:0x7f5b381205c8
[ 5267.200814] RSP: 002b:00007fff8c7e8c78 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001
[ 5267.201981] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000002 RCX: 00007f5b381205c8
[ 5267.202620] RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: 00005569420ee900 RDI: 0000000000000001
[ 5267.203426] RBP: 00005569420ee900 R08: 000000000000000a R09: 00007f5b38180820
[ 5267.204327] R10: 000000000000000a R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 00007f5b383c06e0
[ 5267.205193] R13: 0000000000000002 R14: 00007f5b383bb880 R15: 0000000000000002
[ 5267.206041]
[ 5267.206970] Kernel panic - not syncing: hung_task: blocked tasks
[ 5267.207809] CPU: 48 PID: 551 Comm: khungtaskd Kdump: loaded Tainted: G S E 5.18.0-04958-ga54ce3703613-dirty #1
[ 5267.208726] Hardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge R730/0WCJNT, BIOS 2.11.0 11/02/2019
[ 5267.209623] Call Trace:
[ 5267.210569]
[ 5267.211480] dump_stack_lvl+0x33/0x42
[ 5267.212472] panic+0x107/0x294
[ 5267.213467] watchdog.cold.8+0xc/0xbb
[ 5267.214413] ? proc_dohung_task_timeout_secs+0x30/0x30
[ 5267.215511] kthread+0xf4/0x120
[ 5267.216459] ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20
[ 5267.217505] ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30
[ 5267.218459]
Weakness: CWE-667 (Improper Locking)
## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50053?
It affects 1 product.
Products: Linux kernel.
## How do I fix CVE-2022-50053?
Apply the vendor's patch.
## Is CVE-2022-50053 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50053 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents
```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-50053 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2022-50053 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Jun 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-2022-50053 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-2022-50053/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50053/index.md)
```
## Sources
- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50053
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50053
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50053
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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50053/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.