CVE-2022-49077
Published: Feb 26, 2025
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mmmremap.c: avoid pointless invalidate_range_start/end on mremap(old_size=0) If an mremap() syscall with old_size=0 ends up in move_page_tables(), it will call invalidate_range_start()/invalidate_range_end() unnecessarily, i.e. with an empty range. This causes a WARN in KVM's mmu_notifier. In the past, empty ranges have been diagnosed to be off-by-one bugs, hence the WARNing. Given the low (so far) number of unique reports, the benefits of detecting more buggy callers seem to outweigh the cost of having to fix cases such as this one, where userspace is doing something silly. In this particular case, an early return from move_page_tables() is enough to fix the issue.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 7b6efc2bc4f19952b25ebf9b236e5ac43cd386c2 - < a05540f3903bd8295e8c4cd90dd3d416239a115baffected 7b6efc2bc4f19952b25ebf9b236e5ac43cd386c2 - < eeaf28e2a0128147d687237e59d5407ee1b14693affected 7b6efc2bc4f19952b25ebf9b236e5ac43cd386c2 - < e2c328c2a8f9de8b761bd4025b66c63120c55761affected 7b6efc2bc4f19952b25ebf9b236e5ac43cd386c2 - < c19d8de4e682ec4b0ea2b04a832cd8cc0be3bb31affected 7b6efc2bc4f19952b25ebf9b236e5ac43cd386c2 - < 7d659cb1763ff17d1c6ee082fa6feb4267c7a30b+4 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 3.2unaffected 0 - < 3.2unaffected 4.9.311 - <= 4.9.*unaffected 4.14.276 - <= 4.14.*unaffected 4.19.238 - <= 4.19.*+6 more versions |
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