CVE-2022-49992

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49992
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-49992.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2022-49992
Downstream
Published
2025-06-18T11:00:52.581Z
Modified
2025-11-29T03:00:12.862239Z
Summary
mm/mprotect: only reference swap pfn page if type match
Details

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

mm/mprotect: only reference swap pfn page if type match

Yu Zhao reported a bug after the commit "mm/swap: Add swpoffsetpfn() to fetch PFN from swap entry" added a check in swpoffsetpfn() for swap type [1]:

kernel BUG at include/linux/swapops.h:117! CPU: 46 PID: 5245 Comm: EventManagerDe Tainted: G S O L 6.0.0-dbg-DEV #2 RIP: 0010:pfnswapentrytopage+0x72/0xf0 Code: c6 48 8b 36 48 83 fe ff 74 53 48 01 d1 48 83 c1 08 48 8b 09 f6 c1 01 75 7b 66 90 48 89 c1 48 8b 09 f6 c1 01 74 74 5d c3 eb 9e <0f> 0b 48 ba ff ff ff ff 03 00 00 00 eb ae a9 ff 0f 00 00 75 13 48 RSP: 0018:ffffa59e73fabb80 EFLAGS: 00010282 RAX: 00000000ffffffe8 RBX: 0c00000000000000 RCX: ffffcd5440000000 RDX: 1ffffffffff7a80a RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0c0000000000042b RBP: ffffa59e73fabb80 R08: ffff9965ca6e8bb8 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: ffffffffa5a2f62d R11: 0000030b372e9fff R12: ffff997b79db5738 R13: 000000000000042b R14: 0c0000000000042b R15: 1ffffffffff7a80a FS: 00007f549d1bb700(0000) GS:ffff99d3cf680000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 0000440d035b3180 CR3: 0000002243176004 CR4: 00000000003706e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> changepterange+0x36e/0x880 changep4drange+0x2e8/0x670 changeprotectionrange+0x14e/0x2c0 mprotectfixup+0x1ee/0x330 domprotectpkey+0x34c/0x440 _x64sys_mprotect+0x1d/0x30

It triggers because pfnswapentrytopage() could be called upon e.g. a genuine swap entry.

Fix it by only calling it when it's a write migration entry where the page* is used.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAOUHufaVC2Za-p8m0aiHw6YkheDcrO-C3wRGixwDS32VTS+k1w@mail.gmail.com/

Database specific
{
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/49xxx/CVE-2022-49992.json",
    "cna_assigner": "Linux"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
6c287605fd56466e645693eff3ae7c08fba56e0a
Fixed
5fcf81e308d1f4ae95f31690d2a80b7061385ff9
Fixed
3d2f78f08cd8388035ac375e731ec1ac1b79b09d

Affected versions

v5.*
v5.18
v5.18-rc5
v5.18-rc6
v5.18-rc7
v5.19
v5.19-rc1
v5.19-rc2
v5.19-rc3
v5.19-rc4
v5.19-rc5
v5.19-rc6
v5.19-rc7
v5.19-rc8
v5.19.1
v5.19.2
v5.19.3
v5.19.4
v5.19.5
v6.*
v6.0-rc1
v6.0-rc2

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-49992.json"

Linux / Kernel

Package

Name
Kernel

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
5.19.0
Fixed
5.19.6

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-49992.json"