CVE-2022-49744

MEDIUM EPSS 4.6%
Published Mar 27, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Mar 27, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/uffd: fix pte marker when fork() without fork event Patch series "mm: Fixes on pte markers". Patch 1 resolves the syzkiller report from Pengfei. Patch 2 further harden pte markers when used with the recent swapin error markers. The major case is we should persist a swapin error marker after fork(), so child shouldn't read a corrupted page. This patch (of 2): When fork(), dst_vma is not guaranteed to have VM_UFFD_WP even if src may have it and has pte marker installed. The warning is improper along with the comment. The right thing is to inherit the pte marker when needed, or keep the dst pte empty. A vague guess is this happened by an accident when there's the prior patch to introduce src/dst vma into this helper during the uffd-wp feature got developed and I probably messed up in the rebase, since if we replace dst_vma with src_vma the warning & comment it all makes sense too. Hugetlb did exactly the right here (copy_hugetlb_page_range()). Fix the general path. Reproducer: https://github.com/xupengfe/syzkaller_logs/blob/main/221208_115556_copy_page_range/repro.c Bugzilla report: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216808

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
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

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
4.6% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Affected Products 7

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.19  –  <6.1.11
linuxlinux_kernel6.2any
linuxlinux_kernel6.2any
linuxlinux_kernel6.2any
linuxlinux_kernel6.2any
linuxlinux_kernel6.2any
linuxlinux_kernel6.2any

References 2

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d11727655bf931776fb541f5862daf04bd5bf02
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49d6d7fb631345b0f2957a7c4be24ad63903150f
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d11727655bf931776fb541f5862daf04bd5bf02
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/49d6d7fb631345b0f2957a7c4be24ad63903150f
    Patch