# CVE-2022-50426: remoteproc: imx_dsp_rproc: Add mutex protection for workqueue

> A race condition in the Linux kernel's i.MX DSP remoteproc driver can cause a kernel crash when workqueue tasks access released resources.

- **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 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50426, GHSA-w4mq-qvfm-cqjm, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50426

## What is CVE-2022-50426?

CVE-2022-50426 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 Oct 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:

remoteproc: imx_dsp_rproc: Add mutex protection for workqueue

The workqueue may execute late even after remoteproc is stopped or
stopping, some resources (rpmsg device and endpoint) have been
released in rproc_stop_subdevices(), then rproc_vq_interrupt()
accessing these resources will cause kennel dump.

Call trace:
 virtqueue_add_split+0x1ac/0x560
 virtqueue_add_inbuf+0x4c/0x60
 rpmsg_recv_done+0x15c/0x294
 vring_interrupt+0x6c/0xa4
 rproc_vq_interrupt+0x30/0x50
 imx_dsp_rproc_vq_work+0x24/0x40 [imx_dsp_rproc]
 process_one_work+0x1d0/0x354
 worker_thread+0x13c/0x470
 kthread+0x154/0x160
 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20

Add mutex protection in imx_dsp_rproc_vq_work(), if the state is
not running, then just skip calling rproc_vq_interrupt().

Also the flush workqueue operation can't be added in rproc stop
for the same reason. The call sequence is

rproc_shutdown
-> rproc_stop
   ->rproc_stop_subdevices
   ->rproc->ops->stop()
     ->imx_dsp_rproc_stop
       ->flush_work
         -> rproc_vq_interrupt

The resource needed by rproc_vq_interrupt has been released in
rproc_stop_subdevices, so flush_work is not safe to be called in
imx_dsp_rproc_stop.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50426?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-50426?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-50426 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50426 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-50426 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-50426 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 Oct 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-2022-50426 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-2022-50426/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50426/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50426
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50426
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50426

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50426/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.