vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2022-49562): linux vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | Feb 26, 2025 | Jun 26, 2025 | Oct 23, 2025 |
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.
Solution
References
- CVE-2022-49562
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2022-49562
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/linus/f122dfe4476890d60b8c679128cd2259ec96a24c
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38b888911e8dc89b89d8147cfb1d2dbe6373bf78
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8089e5e1d18402fb8152d6b6815450a36fffa9b0
- URL-https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f122dfe4476890d60b8c679128cd2259ec96a24c
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49562
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