CVE-2022-49562
Published: Feb 26, 2025
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: x86: Use __try_cmpxchg_user() to update guest PTE A/D bits Use the recently introduced __try_cmpxchg_user() to update guest PTE A/D bits instead of mapping the PTE into kernel address space. The VM_PFNMAP path is broken as it assumes that vm_pgoff is the base pfn of the mapped VMA range, which is conceptually wrong as vm_pgoff is the offset relative to the file and has nothing to do with the pfn. The horrific hack worked for the original use case (backing guest memory with /dev/mem), but leads to accessing "random" pfns for pretty much any other VM_PFNMAP case.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected bd53cb35a3e9adb73a834a36586e9ad80e877767 - < 38b888911e8dc89b89d8147cfb1d2dbe6373bf78affected bd53cb35a3e9adb73a834a36586e9ad80e877767 - < 8089e5e1d18402fb8152d6b6815450a36fffa9b0affected bd53cb35a3e9adb73a834a36586e9ad80e877767 - < f122dfe4476890d60b8c679128cd2259ec96a24c |
Linux | Linux | affected 5.2unaffected 0 - < 5.2unaffected 5.17.13 - <= 5.17.*unaffected 5.18.2 - <= 5.18.*unaffected 5.19 - <= * |
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