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CVE-2022-49670

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-02-26
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 5.4.204 / 5.10.129 or later.
See remediation →
57/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: linux/dim: Fix divide by 0 in RDMA DIM Fix a divide 0 error in rdma_dim_stats_compare() when prev->cpe_ratio == 0. CallTrace: Hardware name: H3C R4900 G3/RS33M2C9S, BIOS 2.00.37P21 03/12/2020 task: ffff880194b78000 task.stack: ffffc90006714000 RIP: 0010:backport_rdma_dim+0x10e/0x240 [mlx_compat] RSP: 0018:ffff880c10e83ec0 EFLAGS: 00010202 RAX: 0000000000002710 RBX: ffff88096cd7f780 RCX: 0000000000000064 RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000002 RDI: 0000000000000001 RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: 000000001d7c6c09 R13: ffff88096cd7f780 R14: ffff880b174fe800 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff880c10e80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00000000a0965b00 CR3: 000000000200a003 CR4: 00000000007606e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 PKRU: 55555554 Call Trace: <IRQ> ib_poll_handler+0x43/0x80 [ib_core] irq_poll_softirq+0xae/0x110 __do_softirq+0xd1/0x28c irq_exit+0xde/0xf0 do_IRQ+0x54/0xe0 common_interrupt+0x8f/0x8f </IRQ> ? cpuidle_enter_state+0xd9/0x2a0 ? cpuidle_enter_state+0xc7/0x2a0 ? do_idle+0x170/0x1d0 ? cpu_startup_entry+0x6f/0x80 ? start_secondary+0x1b9/0x210 ? secondary_startup_64+0xa5/0xb0 Code: 0f 87 e1 00 00 00 8b 4c 24 14 44 8b 43 14 89 c8 4d 63 c8 44 29 c0 99 31 d0 29 d0 31 d2 48 98 48 8d 04 80 48 8d 04 80 48 c1 e0 02 <49> f7 f1 48 83 f8 0a 0f 86 c1 00 00 00 44 39 c1 7f 10 48 89 df RIP: backport_rdma_dim+0x10e/0x240 [mlx_compat] RSP: ffff880c10e83ec0

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

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Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Linux KernelOperating system
Affected:>= 5.3, < 5.4.204>= 5.5, < 5.10.129>= 5.11, < 5.15.53>= 5.16, < 5.18.10= 5.19

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 5.4.204 / 5.10.129 / 5.15.53 or later
Fixed in 5.4.2045.10.1295.15.53
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

5.4.204 (or later 5.4.x), 5.10.129 (or later 5.10.x), 5.15.53 (or later 5.15.x), or 5.18.10 (or later 5.18.x) depending on your current branch

  1. Identify the currently running kernel version using `uname -r`
  2. Determine which version range your current kernel falls into from the affected ranges (5.3 to 5.4.203, 5.5 to 5.10.128, 5.11 to 5.15.52, or 5.16 to 5.18.9)
  3. Upgrade the Linux kernel to the appropriate fixed version for your branch: for 5.3.x/5.4.x upgrade to >= 5.4.204; for 5.5.x through 5.10.x upgrade to >= 5.10.129; for 5.11.x through 5.15.x upgrade to >= 5.15.53; for 5.16.x through 5.18.x upgrade to >= 5.18.10
  4. Reboot the system to load the patched kernel
  5. Verify the fix is applied by checking the kernel version with `uname -r`
Caveat Kernel upgrades may require reboot and could introduce compatibility issues with custom drivers or modules; ensure dependent modules (like mlx_compat for Mellanox) are compatible with the new kernel version

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