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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2022-49658" idYear: 2022 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2025-02-26T02:23:56.922Z" updatedAt: "2026-05-11T19:04:12.523Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:56:49.724Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2022-49658" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2022-49658.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49658" title: "bpf: Fix insufficient bounds propagation from adjust_scalar_min_max_vals" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: Fix insufficient bounds propagation from adjust_scalar_min_max_vals\n\nKuee reported a corner case where the tnum becomes constant after the call\nto __reg_bound_offset(), but the register's bounds are not, that is, its\nmin bounds are still not equal to the register's max bounds.\n\nThis in turn allows to leak pointers through turning a pointer register as\nis into an unknown scalar via adjust_ptr_min_max_vals().\n\nBefore:\n\n func#0 @0\n 0: R1=ctx(off=0,imm=0,umax=0,var_off=(0x0; 0x0)) R10=fp(off=0,imm=0,umax=0,var_off=(0x0; 0x0))\n 0: (b7) r0 = 1 ; R0_w=scalar(imm=1,umin=1,umax=1,var_off=(0x1; 0x0))\n 1: (b7) r3 = 0 ; R3_w=scalar(imm=0,umax=0,var_off=(0x0; 0x0))\n 2: (87) r3 = -r3 ; R3_w=scalar()\n 3: (87) r3 = -r3 ; R3_w=scalar()\n 4: (47) r3 |= 32767 ; R3_w=scalar(smin=-9223372036854743041,umin=32767,var_off=(0x7fff; 0xffffffffffff8000),s32_min=-2147450881)\n 5: (75) if r3 s\u003e= 0x0 goto pc+1 ; R3_w=scalar(umin=9223372036854808575,var_off=(0x8000000000007fff; 0x7fffffffffff8000),s32_min=-2147450881,u32_min=32767)\n 6: (95) exit\n\n from 5 to 7: R0=scalar(imm=1,umin=1,umax=1,var_off=(0x1; 0x0)) R1=ctx(off=0,imm=0,umax=0,var_off=(0x0; 0x0)) R3=scalar(umin=32767,umax=9223372036854775807,var_off=(0x7fff; 0x7fffffffffff8000),s32_min=-2147450881) R10=fp(off=0,imm=0,umax=0,var_off=(0x0; 0x0))\n 7: (d5) if r3 s\u003c= 0x8000 goto pc+1 ; R3=scalar(umin=32769,umax=9223372036854775807,var_off=(0x7fff; 0x7fffffffffff8000),s32_min=-2147450881,u32_min=32767)\n 8: (95) exit\n\n from 7 to 9: R0=scalar(imm=1,umin=1,umax=1,var_off=(0x1; 0x0)) R1=ctx(off=0,imm=0,umax=0,var_off=(0x0; 0x0)) R3=scalar(umin=32767,umax=32768,var_off=(0x7fff; 0x8000)) R10=fp(off=0,imm=0,umax=0,var_off=(0x0; 0x0))\n 9: (07) r3 += -32767 ; R3_w=scalar(imm=0,umax=1,var_off=(0x0; 0x0)) \u003c--- [*]\n 10: (95) exit\n\nWhat can be seen here is that R3=scalar(umin=32767,umax=32768,var_off=(0x7fff;\n0x8000)) after the operation R3 += -32767 results in a 'malformed' constant, that\nis, R3_w=scalar(imm=0,umax=1,var_off=(0x0; 0x0)). Intersecting with var_off has\nnot been done at that point via __update_reg_bounds(), which would have improved\nthe umax to be equal to umin.\n\nRefactor the tnum \u003c\u003e min/max bounds information flow into a reg_bounds_sync()\nhelper and use it consistently everywhere. After the fix, bounds have been\ncorrected to R3_w=scalar(imm=0,umax=0,var_off=(0x0; 0x0)) and thus the register\nis regarded as a 'proper' constant scalar of 0.\n\nAfter:\n\n func#0 @0\n 0: R1=ctx(off=0,imm=0,umax=0,var_off=(0x0; 0x0)) R10=fp(off=0,imm=0,umax=0,var_off=(0x0; 0x0))\n 0: (b7) r0 = 1 ; R0_w=scalar(imm=1,umin=1,umax=1,var_off=(0x1; 0x0))\n 1: (b7) r3 = 0 ; R3_w=scalar(imm=0,umax=0,var_off=(0x0; 0x0))\n 2: (87) r3 = -r3 ; R3_w=scalar()\n 3: (87) r3 = -r3 ; R3_w=scalar()\n 4: (47) r3 |= 32767 ; R3_w=scalar(smin=-9223372036854743041,umin=32767,var_off=(0x7fff; 0xffffffffffff8000),s32_min=-2147450881)\n 5: (75) if r3 s\u003e= 0x0 goto pc+1 ; R3_w=scalar(umin=9223372036854808575,var_off=(0x8000000000007fff; 0x7fffffffffff8000),s32_min=-2147450881,u32_min=32767)\n 6: (95) exit\n\n from 5 to 7: R0=scalar(imm=1,umin=1,umax=1,var_off=(0x1; 0x0)) R1=ctx(off=0,imm=0,umax=0,var_off=(0x0; 0x0)) R3=scalar(umin=32767,umax=9223372036854775807,var_off=(0x7fff; 0x7fffffffffff8000),s32_min=-2147450881) R10=fp(off=0,imm=0,umax=0,var_off=(0x0; 0x0))\n 7: (d5) if r3 s\u003c= 0x8000 goto pc+1 ; R3=scalar(umin=32769,umax=9223372036854775807,var_off=(0x7fff; 0x7fffffffffff8000),s32_min=-2147450881,u32_min=32767)\n 8: (95) exit\n\n from 7 to 9: R0=scalar(imm=1,umin=1,umax=1,var_off=(0x1; 0x0)) R1=ctx(off=0,imm=0,umax=0,var_off=(0x0; 0x0)) R3=scalar(umin=32767,umax=32768,var_off=(0x7fff; 0x8000)) R10=fp(off=0\n---truncated---" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"b03c9f9fdc37dab81ea04d5dacdc5995d4c224c2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"e917be1f83ea14a68b3cf64d3da9968eaf991dae"},{"version":"b03c9f9fdc37dab81ea04d5dacdc5995d4c224c2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a7de8d436db92bab8b1f44624297c2554a6ac36b"},{"version":"b03c9f9fdc37dab81ea04d5dacdc5995d4c224c2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"b2a28bb36664c94375926cbbb91976242847699d"},{"version":"b03c9f9fdc37dab81ea04d5dacdc5995d4c224c2","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"3844d153a41adea718202c10ae91dc96b37453b5"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"4.14","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.14"},{"version":"5.10.130","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.54","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"5.18.11","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.18.*"},{"version":"5.19","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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