# CVE-2022-50227: KVM: x86/xen: Initialize Xen timer only once

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-06-18 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.19

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86/xen: Initialize Xen timer only once Add a check for existing xen timers before initializing a new one. Currently kvm_xen_init_timer() is called on every KVM_XEN_VCPU_ATTR_TYPE_TIMER, which is causing the following ODEBUG crash when vcpu->arch.xen.timer is already set. ODEBUG: init active (active state 0) object type: hrtimer hint: xen_timer_callbac0 RIP: 0010:debug_print_object+0x16e/0x250 lib/debugobjects.c:502 Call Trace: __debug_object_init debug_hrtimer_init debug_init hrtimer_init kvm_xen_init_timer kvm_xen_vcpu_set_attr kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl kvm_vcpu_ioctl vfs_ioctl

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a9b5771e930f408c3419799000f76a9abaf2278
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/af735db31285fa699384c649be72a9f32ecbb665

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