CVE-2022-49562
KVM: x86: Use __try_cmpxchg_user() to update guest PTE A/D bits
HIGH 7.8
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.27 % · percentile 20 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Modified
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.
References
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2022-54670
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2022-49562
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0326 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0316 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0920 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits Microsoft · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0336 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0307 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0252 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.2 < 5.17.13cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.18 < 5.18.2
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected bd53cb35a3e9adb73a834a36586e9ad80e877767 < 38b888911e8dc89b89d8147cfb1d2dbe6373bf78 ; affected bd53cb35a3e9adb73a834a36586e9ad80e877767 < 8089e5e1d18402fb8152d6b6815450a36fffa9b0 ; affected bd53cb35a3e9adb73a834a36586e9ad80e877767 < f122dfe4476890d60b8c679128cd2259ec96a24c |
| Linux · Linux | affected 5.2 ; unaffected 0 < 5.2 ; unaffected 5.17.13 ≤ 5.17.* ; unaffected 5.18.2 ≤ 5.18.* ; unaffected 5.19 ≤ * |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |