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  - net: hinic: avoid kernel hung in hinic_get_stats64() When using hinic device as a bond slave device, and     reading device stats of master bond device, the kernel may hung. The kernel panic calltrace as follows:
    Kernel panic - not syncing: softlockup: hung tasks Call trace:
    native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x1ec/0x31c dev_get_stats+0x60/0xcc dev_seq_printf_stats+0x40/0x120     dev_seq_show+0x1c/0x40 seq_read_iter+0x3c8/0x4dc seq_read+0xe0/0x130 proc_reg_read+0xa8/0xe0     vfs_read+0xb0/0x1d4 ksys_read+0x70/0xfc __arm64_sys_read+0x20/0x30 el0_svc_common+0x88/0x234     do_el0_svc+0x2c/0x90 el0_svc+0x1c/0x30 el0_sync_handler+0xa8/0xb0 el0_sync+0x148/0x180 And the calltrace     of task that actually caused kernel hungs as follows: __switch_to+124 __schedule+548 schedule+72     schedule_timeout+348 __down_common+188 __down+24 down+104 hinic_get_stats64+44 [hinic] dev_get_stats+92     bond_get_stats+172 [bonding] dev_get_stats+92 dev_seq_printf_stats+60 dev_seq_show+24 seq_read_iter+964     seq_read+220 proc_reg_read+164 vfs_read+172 ksys_read+108 __arm64_sys_read+28 el0_svc_common+132     do_el0_svc+40 el0_svc+24 el0_sync_handler+164 el0_sync+324 When getting device stats from bond, kernel     will call bond_get_stats(). It first holds the spinlock bond->stats_lock, and then call     hinic_get_stats64() to collect hinic device's stats. However, hinic_get_stats64() calls     `down(&nic_dev->mgmt_lock)` to protect its critical section, which may schedule current task out. And if     system is under high pressure, the task cannot be woken up immediately, which eventually triggers kernel     hung panic. Since previous patch has replaced hinic_dev.tx_stats/rx_stats with local variable in     hinic_get_stats64(), there is nothing need to be protected by lock, so just removing down()/up() is ok.
    (CVE-2022-50174)

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ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
246900	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-50174	Nessus	Misc.	8/9/2025	9/30/2026	medium
151965	Photon OS 4.0: Linux PHSA-2021-4.0-0065	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	7/22/2021	10/9/2026	high

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