{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2022-49567", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-02-26T02:21:30.410Z", "datePublished": "2025-02-26T02:23:12.222Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:02:26.927Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:02:26.927Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm/mempolicy: fix uninit-value in mpol_rebind_policy()\n\nmpol_set_nodemask()(mm/mempolicy.c) does not set up nodemask when\npol->mode is MPOL_LOCAL. Check pol->mode before access\npol->w.cpuset_mems_allowed in mpol_rebind_policy()(mm/mempolicy.c).\n\nBUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in mpol_rebind_policy mm/mempolicy.c:352 [inline]\nBUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in mpol_rebind_task+0x2ac/0x2c0 mm/mempolicy.c:368\n mpol_rebind_policy mm/mempolicy.c:352 [inline]\n mpol_rebind_task+0x2ac/0x2c0 mm/mempolicy.c:368\n cpuset_change_task_nodemask kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c:1711 [inline]\n cpuset_attach+0x787/0x15e0 kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c:2278\n cgroup_migrate_execute+0x1023/0x1d20 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:2515\n cgroup_migrate kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:2771 [inline]\n cgroup_attach_task+0x540/0x8b0 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:2804\n __cgroup1_procs_write+0x5cc/0x7a0 kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c:520\n cgroup1_tasks_write+0x94/0xb0 kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c:539\n cgroup_file_write+0x4c2/0x9e0 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:3852\n kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x66a/0x9f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:296\n call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2162 [inline]\n new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:503 [inline]\n vfs_write+0x1318/0x2030 fs/read_write.c:590\n ksys_write+0x28b/0x510 fs/read_write.c:643\n __do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:655 [inline]\n __se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:652 [inline]\n __x64_sys_write+0xdb/0x120 fs/read_write.c:652\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0x54/0xd0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:82\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae\n\nUninit was created at:\n slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slab.h:524 [inline]\n slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3251 [inline]\n slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3259 [inline]\n kmem_cache_alloc+0x902/0x11c0 mm/slub.c:3264\n mpol_new mm/mempolicy.c:293 [inline]\n do_set_mempolicy+0x421/0xb70 mm/mempolicy.c:853\n kernel_set_mempolicy mm/mempolicy.c:1504 [inline]\n __do_sys_set_mempolicy mm/mempolicy.c:1510 [inline]\n __se_sys_set_mempolicy+0x44c/0xb60 mm/mempolicy.c:1507\n __x64_sys_set_mempolicy+0xd8/0x110 mm/mempolicy.c:1507\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0x54/0xd0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:82\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae\n\nKMSAN: uninit-value in mpol_rebind_task (2)\nhttps://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=d6eb90f952c2a5de9ea718a1b873c55cb13b59dc\n\nThis patch seems to fix below bug too.\nKMSAN: uninit-value in mpol_rebind_mm (2)\nhttps://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=f2fecd0d7013f54ec4162f60743a2b28df40926b\n\nThe uninit-value is pol->w.cpuset_mems_allowed in mpol_rebind_policy().\nWhen syzkaller reproducer runs to the beginning of mpol_new(),\n\n\t mpol_new() mm/mempolicy.c\n\t do_mbind() mm/mempolicy.c\n\tkernel_mbind() mm/mempolicy.c\n\n`mode` is 1(MPOL_PREFERRED), nodes_empty(*nodes) is `true` and `flags`\nis 0. Then\n\n\tmode = MPOL_LOCAL;\n\t...\n\tpolicy->mode = mode;\n\tpolicy->flags = flags;\n\nwill be executed. So in mpol_set_nodemask(),\n\n\t mpol_set_nodemask() mm/mempolicy.c\n\t do_mbind()\n\tkernel_mbind()\n\npol->mode is 4 (MPOL_LOCAL), that `nodemask` in `pol` is not initialized,\nwhich will be accessed in mpol_rebind_policy()." } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "mm/mempolicy.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "7858d7bca7fbbbbd5b940d2ec371b2d060b21b84", "lessThan": "8c5429a04ccd8dbcc3c753dab2f4126774ec28d4", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "7858d7bca7fbbbbd5b940d2ec371b2d060b21b84", "lessThan": "777e563f10e91e91130fe06bee85220d508e7b9b", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "7858d7bca7fbbbbd5b940d2ec371b2d060b21b84", "lessThan": "018160ad314d75b1409129b2247b614a9f35894c", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "mm/mempolicy.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "5.14", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "5.14", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.15.58", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.18.15", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.19", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix" } ] } ], "cpeApplicability": [ { "nodes": [ { "operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [ { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.14", "versionEndExcluding": "5.15.58" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.14", "versionEndExcluding": "5.18.15" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.14", "versionEndExcluding": "5.19" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c5429a04ccd8dbcc3c753dab2f4126774ec28d4" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/777e563f10e91e91130fe06bee85220d508e7b9b" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/018160ad314d75b1409129b2247b614a9f35894c" } ], "title": "mm/mempolicy: fix uninit-value in mpol_rebind_policy()", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } }, "adp": [ { "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "scope": "UNCHANGED", "version": "3.1", "baseScore": 5.5, "attackVector": "LOCAL", "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "userInteraction": "NONE", "attackComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE" } }, { "other": { "type": "ssvc", "content": { "id": "CVE-2022-49567", "role": "CISA Coordinator", "options": [ { "Exploitation": "none" }, { "Automatable": "no" }, { "Technical Impact": "partial" } ], "version": "2.0.3", "timestamp": "2025-10-01T19:36:59.497396Z" } } } ], "problemTypes": [ { "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "type": "CWE", "cweId": "CWE-908", "description": "CWE-908 Use of Uninitialized Resource" } ] } ], "title": "CISA ADP Vulnrichment", "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "shortName": "CISA-ADP", "dateUpdated": "2025-10-01T19:46:37.965Z" } } ] } }