# CVE-2022-50174: net: hinic: avoid kernel hung in hinic_get_stats64()

> A local attacker can cause a kernel hang and panic by reading network stats on a bonded interface using the hinic driver.

- **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-2022-50174, GHSA-w89w-9482-vj48, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50174

## What is CVE-2022-50174?

CVE-2022-50174 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:

net: hinic: avoid kernel hung in hinic_get_stats64()

When using hinic device as a bond slave device, and reading device stats
of master bond device, the kernel may hung.

The kernel panic calltrace as follows:
Kernel panic - not syncing: softlockup: hung tasks
Call trace:
  native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x1ec/0x31c
  dev_get_stats+0x60/0xcc
  dev_seq_printf_stats+0x40/0x120
  dev_seq_show+0x1c/0x40
  seq_read_iter+0x3c8/0x4dc
  seq_read+0xe0/0x130
  proc_reg_read+0xa8/0xe0
  vfs_read+0xb0/0x1d4
  ksys_read+0x70/0xfc
  __arm64_sys_read+0x20/0x30
  el0_svc_common+0x88/0x234
  do_el0_svc+0x2c/0x90
  el0_svc+0x1c/0x30
  el0_sync_handler+0xa8/0xb0
  el0_sync+0x148/0x180

And the calltrace of task that actually caused kernel hungs as follows:
  __switch_to+124
  __schedule+548
  schedule+72
  schedule_timeout+348
  __down_common+188
  __down+24
  down+104
  hinic_get_stats64+44 [hinic]
  dev_get_stats+92
  bond_get_stats+172 [bonding]
  dev_get_stats+92
  dev_seq_printf_stats+60
  dev_seq_show+24
  seq_read_iter+964
  seq_read+220
  proc_reg_read+164
  vfs_read+172
  ksys_read+108
  __arm64_sys_read+28
  el0_svc_common+132
  do_el0_svc+40
  el0_svc+24
  el0_sync_handler+164
  el0_sync+324

When getting device stats from bond, kernel will call bond_get_stats().
It first holds the spinlock bond->stats_lock, and then call
hinic_get_stats64() to collect hinic device's stats.
However, hinic_get_stats64() calls `down(&nic_dev->mgmt_lock)` to
protect its critical section, which may schedule current task out.
And if system is under high pressure, the task cannot be woken up
immediately, which eventually triggers kernel hung panic.

Since previous patch has replaced hinic_dev.tx_stats/rx_stats with local
variable in hinic_get_stats64(), there is nothing need to be protected
by lock, so just removing down()/up() is ok.

Weakness: CWE-667 (Improper Locking)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50174?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-50174?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-50174 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50174 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [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-2022-50174 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-50174 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-2022-50174 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-2022-50174/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50174/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50174
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50174
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50174

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50174/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.