# CVE-2022-50362: dmaengine: hisilicon: Add multi-thread support for a DMA channel

> A race condition in the Hisilicon DMA driver causes system hangs and crashes when multiple threads use a single DMA channel.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:** 17 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50362, GHSA-mj7x-28r8-2wqx, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50362

## What is CVE-2022-50362?

CVE-2022-50362 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 Sep 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:

dmaengine: hisilicon: Add multi-thread support for a DMA channel

When we get a DMA channel and try to use it in multiple threads it
will cause oops and hanging the system.

% echo 100 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/threads_per_chan
% echo 100 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/iterations
% echo 1 > /sys/module/dmatest/parameters/run
[383493.327077] Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual
		address dead000000000108
[383493.335103] Mem abort info:
[383493.335103]   ESR = 0x96000044
[383493.335105]   EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[383493.335107]   SET = 0, FnV = 0
[383493.335108]   EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
[383493.335109]   FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault
[383493.335110] Data abort info:
[383493.335111]   ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000044
[383493.364739]   CM = 0, WnR = 1
[383493.367793] [dead000000000108] address between user and kernel
		address ranges
[383493.375021] Internal error: Oops: 96000044 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
[383493.437574] CPU: 63 PID: 27895 Comm: dma0chan0-copy2 Kdump:
		loaded Tainted: GO 5.17.0-rc4+ #2
[383493.457851] pstate: 204000c9 (nzCv daIF +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT
		-SSBS BTYPE=--)
[383493.465331] pc : vchan_tx_submit+0x64/0xa0
[383493.469957] lr : vchan_tx_submit+0x34/0xa0

This occurs because the transmission timed out, and that's due
to data race. Each thread rewrite channels's descriptor as soon as
device_issue_pending is called. It leads to the situation that
the driver thinks that it uses the right descriptor in interrupt
handler while channels's descriptor has been changed by other
thread. The descriptor which in fact reported interrupt will not
be handled any more, as well as its tx->callback.
That's why timeout reports.

With current fixes channels' descriptor changes it's value only
when it has been used. A new descriptor is acquired from
vc->desc_issued queue that is already filled with descriptors
that are ready to be sent. Threads have no direct access to DMA
channel descriptor. In case of channel's descriptor is busy, try
to submit to HW again when a descriptor is completed. In this case,
vc->desc_issued may be empty when hisi_dma_start_transfer is called,
so delete error reporting on this. Now it is just possible to queue
a descriptor for further processing.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50362?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-50362?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-50362 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50362 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-50362 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-50362 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 17 Sep 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-2022-50362 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-2022-50362/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50362/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50362
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50362
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50362

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.