# CVE-2022-50171: crypto: hisilicon/sec - don't sleep when in softirq

> A bug in the Hisilicon security driver causes a kernel crash when processing network packets in softirq context, leading to denial of service.

- **Severity:** High 7.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 18 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50171, GHSA-3fhm-f343-r7mm, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50171

## What is CVE-2022-50171?

CVE-2022-50171 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Jun 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:

crypto: hisilicon/sec - don't sleep when in softirq

When kunpeng920 encryption driver is used to deencrypt and decrypt
packets during the softirq, it is not allowed to use mutex lock. The
kernel will report the following error:

BUG: scheduling while atomic: swapper/57/0/0x00000300
Call trace:
dump_backtrace+0x0/0x1e4
show_stack+0x20/0x2c
dump_stack+0xd8/0x140
__schedule_bug+0x68/0x80
__schedule+0x728/0x840
schedule+0x50/0xe0
schedule_preempt_disabled+0x18/0x24
__mutex_lock.constprop.0+0x594/0x5dc
__mutex_lock_slowpath+0x1c/0x30
mutex_lock+0x50/0x60
sec_request_init+0x8c/0x1a0 [hisi_sec2]
sec_process+0x28/0x1ac [hisi_sec2]
sec_skcipher_crypto+0xf4/0x1d4 [hisi_sec2]
sec_skcipher_encrypt+0x1c/0x30 [hisi_sec2]
crypto_skcipher_encrypt+0x2c/0x40
crypto_authenc_encrypt+0xc8/0xfc [authenc]
crypto_aead_encrypt+0x2c/0x40
echainiv_encrypt+0x144/0x1a0 [echainiv]
crypto_aead_encrypt+0x2c/0x40
esp_output_tail+0x348/0x5c0 [esp4]
esp_output+0x120/0x19c [esp4]
xfrm_output_one+0x25c/0x4d4
xfrm_output_resume+0x6c/0x1fc
xfrm_output+0xac/0x3c0
xfrm4_output+0x64/0x130
ip_build_and_send_pkt+0x158/0x20c
tcp_v4_send_synack+0xdc/0x1f0
tcp_conn_request+0x7d0/0x994
tcp_v4_conn_request+0x58/0x6c
tcp_v6_conn_request+0xf0/0x100
tcp_rcv_state_process+0x1cc/0xd60
tcp_v4_do_rcv+0x10c/0x250
tcp_v4_rcv+0xfc4/0x10a4
ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0xf4/0x200
ip_local_deliver_finish+0x58/0x70
ip_local_deliver+0x68/0x120
ip_sublist_rcv_finish+0x70/0x94
ip_list_rcv_finish.constprop.0+0x17c/0x1d0
ip_sublist_rcv+0x40/0xb0
ip_list_rcv+0x140/0x1dc
__netif_receive_skb_list_core+0x154/0x28c
__netif_receive_skb_list+0x120/0x1a0
netif_receive_skb_list_internal+0xe4/0x1f0
napi_complete_done+0x70/0x1f0
gro_cell_poll+0x9c/0xb0
napi_poll+0xcc/0x264
net_rx_action+0xd4/0x21c
__do_softirq+0x130/0x358
irq_exit+0x11c/0x13c
__handle_domain_irq+0x88/0xf0
gic_handle_irq+0x78/0x2c0
el1_irq+0xb8/0x140
arch_cpu_idle+0x18/0x40
default_idle_call+0x5c/0x1c0
cpuidle_idle_call+0x174/0x1b0
do_idle+0xc8/0x160
cpu_startup_entry+0x30/0x11c
secondary_start_kernel+0x158/0x1e4
softirq: huh, entered softirq 3 NET_RX 0000000093774ee4 with
preempt_count 00000100, exited with fffffe00?

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50171?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-50171?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-50171 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50171 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-2022-50171 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-50171 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Jun 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50171 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-2022-50171/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50171/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50171
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50171
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50171

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50171/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.