CVE-2022-49873
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2022
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
bpf: Fix wrong reg type conversion in release_reference()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix wrong reg type conversion in release_reference() Some helper functions will allocate memory. To avoid memory leaks, the verifier requires the eBPF program to release these memories by calling the corresponding helper functions. When a resource is released, all pointer registers corresponding to the resource should be invalidated. The verifier use release_references() to do this job, by apply __mark_reg_unknown() to each relevant register. It will give these registers the type of SCALAR_VALUE. A register that will contain a pointer value at runtime, but of type SCALAR_VALUE, which may allow the unprivileged user to get a kernel pointer by storing this register into a map. Using __mark_reg_not_init() while NOT allow_ptr_leaks can mitigate this problem.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| fd978bf7fd312581a7ca454a991f0ffb34c4204b | affected | git | cedd4f01f67be94735f15123158f485028571037 | Unavailable | None listed |
| fd978bf7fd312581a7ca454a991f0ffb34c4204b | affected | git | 466ce46f251dfb259a8cbaa895ab9edd6fb56240 | Unavailable | None listed |
| fd978bf7fd312581a7ca454a991f0ffb34c4204b | affected | git | ae5ccad6c711db0f2ca1231be051935dd128b8f5 | Unavailable | None listed |
| fd978bf7fd312581a7ca454a991f0ffb34c4204b | affected | git | f1db20814af532f85e091231223e5e4818e8464b | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4.20 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 4.20 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5.10.155 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.10.* | None listed |
| 5.15.79 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.15.* | None listed |
| 6.0.9 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.0.* | None listed |
| 6.1 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |