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Linux Kernel CVE-2022-49760

MEDIUM
2025-03-27 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
5.5
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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NVD PRIMARY
5.5 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SUSE
MEDIUM
qualitative
Red Hat
4.1 LOW
qualitative

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CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

3
Analysis Generated
Mar 28, 2026 - 18:33 vuln.today
Patch released
Mar 28, 2026 - 18:33 nvd
Patch available
CVE Published
Mar 27, 2025 - 17:15 nvd
MEDIUM 5.5

DescriptionCVE.org

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

mm/hugetlb: fix PTE marker handling in hugetlb_change_protection()

Patch series "mm/hugetlb: uffd-wp fixes for hugetlb_change_protection()".

Playing with virtio-mem and background snapshots (using uffd-wp) on hugetlb in QEMU, I managed to trigger a VM_BUG_ON(). Looking into the details, hugetlb_change_protection() seems to not handle uffd-wp correctly in all cases.

Patch #1 fixes my test case. I don't have reproducers for patch #2, as it requires running into migration entries.

I did not yet check in detail yet if !hugetlb code requires similar care.

This patch (of 2):

There are two problematic cases when stumbling over a PTE marker in hugetlb_change_protection():

(1) We protect an uffd-wp PTE marker a second time using uffd-wp: we will end up in the "!huge_pte_none(pte)" case and mess up the PTE marker.

(2) We unprotect a uffd-wp PTE marker: we will similarly end up in the "!huge_pte_none(pte)" case even though we cleared the PTE, because the "pte" variable is stale. We'll mess up the PTE marker.

For example, if we later stumble over such a "wrongly modified" PTE marker, we'll treat it like a present PTE that maps some garbage page.

This can, for example, be triggered by mapping a memfd backed by huge pages, registering uffd-wp, uffd-wp'ing an unmapped page and (a) uffd-wp'ing it a second time; or (b) uffd-unprotecting it; or (c) unregistering uffd-wp. Then, ff we trigger fallocate(FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE) on that file range, we will run into a VM_BUG_ON:

[ 195.039560] page:00000000ba1f2987 refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x0 [ 195.039565] flags: 0x7ffffc0001000(reserved|node=0|zone=0|lastcpupid=0x1fffff) [ 195.039568] raw: 0007ffffc0001000 ffffe742c0000008 ffffe742c0000008 0000000000000000 [ 195.039569] raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000001ffffffff 0000000000000000 [ 195.039569] page dumped because: VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(compound && !PageHead(page)) [ 195.039573] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 195.039574] kernel BUG at mm/rmap.c:1346! [ 195.039579] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [ 195.039581] CPU: 7 PID: 4777 Comm: qemu-system-x86 Not tainted 6.0.12-200.fc36.x86_64 #1 [ 195.039583] Hardware name: LENOVO 20WNS1F81N/20WNS1F81N, BIOS N35ET50W (1.50 ) 09/15/2022 [ 195.039584] RIP: 0010:page_remove_rmap+0x45b/0x550 [ 195.039588] Code: [...] [ 195.039589] RSP: 0018:ffffbc03c3633ba8 EFLAGS: 00010292 [ 195.039591] RAX: 0000000000000040 RBX: ffffe742c0000000 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 195.039592] RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: ffffffff8e7aac1a RDI: 00000000ffffffff [ 195.039592] RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffbc03c3633a08 [ 195.039593] R10: 0000000000000003 R11: ffffffff8f146328 R12: ffff9b04c42754b0 [ 195.039594] R13: ffffffff8fcc6328 R14: ffffbc03c3633c80 R15: ffff9b0484ab9100 [ 195.039595] FS: 00007fc7aaf68640(0000) GS:ffff9b0bbf7c0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 195.039596] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 195.039597] CR2: 000055d402c49110 CR3: 0000000159392003 CR4: 0000000000772ee0 [ 195.039598] PKRU: 55555554 [ 195.039599] Call Trace: [ 195.039600] <TASK> [ 195.039602] __unmap_hugepage_range+0x33b/0x7d0 [ 195.039605] unmap_hugepage_range+0x55/0x70 [ 195.039608] hugetlb_vmdelete_list+0x77/0xa0 [ 195.039611] hugetlbfs_fallocate+0x410/0x550 [ 195.039612] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x23/0x40 [ 195.039616] vfs_fallocate+0x12e/0x360 [ 195.039618] __x64_sys_fallocate+0x40/0x70 [ 195.039620] do_syscall_64+0x58/0x80 [ 195.039623] ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x17/0x40 [ 195.039624] ? do_syscall_64+0x67/0x80 [ 195.039626] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd [ 195.039628] RIP: 0033:0x7fc7b590651f [ 195.039653] Code: [...] [ 195.039654] RSP: 002b:00007fc7aaf66e70 EFLAGS: 00000293 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000011d [ 195.039655] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000558ef4b7f370 RCX: 00007fc7b590651f ---truncated---

AnalysisAI

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/hugetlb: fix PTE marker handling in hugetlb_change_protection() Patch series "mm/hugetlb: uffd-wp fixes for. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity.

Technical ContextAI

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/hugetlb: fix PTE marker handling in hugetlb_change_protection() Patch series "mm/hugetlb: uffd-wp fixes for hugetlb_change_protection()". Playing with virtio-mem and background snapshots (using uffd-wp) on hugetlb in QEMU, I managed to trigger a VM_BUG_ON(). Looking into the details, hugetlb_change_protection() seems to not handle uffd-wp correctly in all cases. Patch #1 fixes my test case. I don't have reproducers for patch #2, as it requires running into migration entries. I did not yet check in detail yet if !hugetlb code requires similar care. This patch (of 2): There are two problematic cases when stumbling over a PTE marker in hugetlb_change_protection(): (1) We protect an uffd-wp PTE marker a second time using uffd-wp: we will end up in the "!huge_pte_none(pte)" case and mess up the PTE marker. (2) We unprotect a uffd-wp PTE marker: we will similarly end up in the "!huge_pte_none(pte)" case even though we cleared the PTE, because the "pte" variable is stale. We'll mess up the PTE marker. For example, if we later stumble over such a "wrongly modified" PTE marker, we'll treat it like a present PTE that maps some garbage page. This can, for example, be triggered by mapping a memfd backed by huge pages, registering uffd-wp, uffd-wp'ing an unmapped page and (a) uffd-wp'ing it a second time; or (b) uffd-unprotecting it; or (c) unregistering uffd-wp. Then, ff we trigger fallocate(FALLOC_FL_PUNCH_HOLE) on that file range, we will run into a VM_BUG_ON: [ 195.039560] page:00000000ba1f2987 refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x0 [ 195.039565] flags: 0x7ffffc0001000(reserved|node=0|zone=0|lastcpupid=0x1fffff) [ 195.039568] raw: 0007ffffc0001000 ffffe742c0000008 ffffe742c0000008 0000000000000000 [ 195.039569] raw: 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 00000001ffffffff 0000000000000000 [ 195.039569] page dumped because: VM_BUG_ON_PAGE(compound && !PageHead(page)) [ 195.039573] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 195.039574] kernel BUG at mm/rmap.c:1346! [ 195.039579] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI [ 195.039581] CPU: 7 PID: 4777 Comm: qemu-system-x86 Not tainted 6.0.12-200.fc36.x86_64 #1 [ 195.039583] Hardware name: LENOVO 20WNS1F81N/20WNS1F81N, BIOS N35ET50W (1.50 ) 09/15/2022 [ 195.039584] RIP: 0010:page_remove_rmap+0x45b/0x550 [ 195.039588] Code: [...] [ 195.039589] RSP: 0018:ffffbc03c3633ba8 EFLAGS: 00010292 [ 195.039591] RAX: 0000000000000040 RBX: ffffe742c0000000 RCX: 0000000000000000 [ 195.039592] RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: ffffffff8e7aac1a RDI: 00000000ffffffff [ 195.039592] RBP: 0000000000000001 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffbc03c3633a08 [ 195.039593] R10: 0000000000000003 R11: ffffffff8f146328 R12: ffff9b04c42754b0 [ 195.039594] R13: ffffffff8fcc6328 R14: ffffbc03c3633c80 R15: ffff9b0484ab9100 [ 195.039595] FS: 00007fc7aaf68640(0000) GS:ffff9b0bbf7c0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 195.039596] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 195.039597] CR2: 000055d402c49110 CR3: 0000000159392003 CR4: 0000000000772ee0 [ 195.039598] PKRU: 55555554 [ 195.039599] Call Trace: [ 195.039600] <TASK> [ 195.039602] __unmap_hugepage_range+0x33b/0x7d0 [ 195.039605] unmap_hugepage_range+0x55/0x70 [ 195.039608] hugetlb_vmdelete_list+0x77/0xa0 [ 195.039611] hugetlbfs_fallocate+0x410/0x550 [ 195.039612] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x23/0x40 [ 195.039616] vfs_fallocate+0x12e/0x360 [ 195.039618] __x64_sys_fallocate+0x40/0x70 [ 195.039620] do_syscall_64+0x58/0x80 [ 195.039623] ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x17/0x40 [ 195.039624] ? do_syscall_64+0x67/0x80 [ 195.039626] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd [ 195.039628] RIP: 0033:0x7fc7b590651f [ 195.039653] Code: [...] [ 195.039654] RSP: 002b:00007fc7aaf66e70 EFLAGS: 00000293 ORIG_RAX: 000000000000011d [ 195.039655] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000558ef4b7f370 RCX: 00007fc7b590651f ---truncated--- Affected products include: Linux Linux Kernel.

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Medium
Product Status
SUSE Liberty Linux 9 Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 Fixed
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro 5.2 Fixed

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