In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

PCI: Fix pci_device_is_present() for VFs by checking PF

pci_device_is_present() previously didn't work for VFs because it reads the
Vendor and Device ID, which are 0xffff for VFs, which looks like they
aren't present. Check the PF instead.

Wei Gong reported that if virtio I/O is in progress when the driver is
unbound or "0" is written to /sys/.../sriov_numvfs, the virtio I/O
operation hangs, which may result in output like this:

task:bash state:D stack: 0 pid: 1773 ppid: 1241 flags:0x00004002
Call Trace:
schedule+0x4f/0xc0
blk_mq_freeze_queue_wait+0x69/0xa0
blk_mq_freeze_queue+0x1b/0x20
blk_cleanup_queue+0x3d/0xd0
virtblk_remove+0x3c/0xb0 [virtio_blk]
virtio_dev_remove+0x4b/0x80
...
device_unregister+0x1b/0x60
unregister_virtio_device+0x18/0x30
virtio_pci_remove+0x41/0x80
pci_device_remove+0x3e/0xb0

This happened because pci_device_is_present(VF) returned "false" in
virtio_pci_remove(), so it called virtio_break_device(). The broken vq
meant that vring_interrupt() skipped the vq.callback() that would have
completed the virtio I/O operation via virtblk_done().

[bhelgaas: commit log, simplify to always use pci_physfn(), add stable tag]
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Wed, 10 Dec 2025 12:15:00 +0000

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cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

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Moderate


Tue, 09 Dec 2025 00:30:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI: Fix pci_device_is_present() for VFs by checking PF pci_device_is_present() previously didn't work for VFs because it reads the Vendor and Device ID, which are 0xffff for VFs, which looks like they aren't present. Check the PF instead. Wei Gong reported that if virtio I/O is in progress when the driver is unbound or "0" is written to /sys/.../sriov_numvfs, the virtio I/O operation hangs, which may result in output like this: task:bash state:D stack: 0 pid: 1773 ppid: 1241 flags:0x00004002 Call Trace: schedule+0x4f/0xc0 blk_mq_freeze_queue_wait+0x69/0xa0 blk_mq_freeze_queue+0x1b/0x20 blk_cleanup_queue+0x3d/0xd0 virtblk_remove+0x3c/0xb0 [virtio_blk] virtio_dev_remove+0x4b/0x80 ... device_unregister+0x1b/0x60 unregister_virtio_device+0x18/0x30 virtio_pci_remove+0x41/0x80 pci_device_remove+0x3e/0xb0 This happened because pci_device_is_present(VF) returned "false" in virtio_pci_remove(), so it called virtio_break_device(). The broken vq meant that vring_interrupt() skipped the vq.callback() that would have completed the virtio I/O operation via virtblk_done(). [bhelgaas: commit log, simplify to always use pci_physfn(), add stable tag]
Title PCI: Fix pci_device_is_present() for VFs by checking PF
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-09T00:00:09.737Z

Reserved: 2025-12-08T23:57:43.370Z

Link: CVE-2022-50636

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-12-09T01:16:45.850

Modified: 2025-12-09T18:37:13.640

Link: CVE-2022-50636

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-12-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-50636 - Bugzilla

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