{ "dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.2", "cveMetadata": { "cveId": "CVE-2022-50168", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-06-18T10:57:27.426Z", "datePublished": "2025-06-18T11:03:21.593Z", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T08:57:37.473Z" }, "containers": { "cna": { "providerMetadata": { "orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2026-08-05T08:57:37.473Z" }, "descriptions": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf, x86: fix freeing of not-finalized bpf_prog_pack\n\nsyzbot reported a few issues with bpf_prog_pack [1], [2]. This only happens\nwith multiple subprogs. In jit_subprogs(), we first call bpf_int_jit_compile()\non each sub program. And then, we call it on each sub program again. jit_data\nis not freed in the first call of bpf_int_jit_compile(). Similarly we don't\ncall bpf_jit_binary_pack_finalize() in the first call of bpf_int_jit_compile().\n\nIf bpf_int_jit_compile() failed for one sub program, we will call\nbpf_jit_binary_pack_finalize() for this sub program. However, we don't have a\nchance to call it for other sub programs. Then we will hit \"goto out_free\" in\njit_subprogs(), and call bpf_jit_free on some subprograms that haven't got\nbpf_jit_binary_pack_finalize() yet.\n\nAt this point, bpf_jit_binary_pack_free() is called and the whole 2MB page is\nfreed erroneously.\n\nFix this with a custom bpf_jit_free() for x86_64, which calls\nbpf_jit_binary_pack_finalize() if necessary. Also, with custom\nbpf_jit_free(), bpf_prog_aux->use_bpf_prog_pack is not needed any more,\nremove it.\n\n[1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=2f649ec6d2eea1495a8f\n[2] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=87f65c75f4a72db05445" } ], "metrics": [ { "cvssV3_1": { "version": "3.1", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH" }, "scenarios": [ { "lang": "en", "value": "AV:L - The bug is reached only through the local bpf() syscall (BPF_PROG_LOAD → bpf_check → jit_subprogs → bpf_jit_free) while JIT-compiling a multi-subprog eBPF program on x86_64; BPF is a local syscall path, not a network or adjacent-protocol entry.\nAC:L - The attacker fully controls program shape and can force the multi-subprog JIT failure path (failed second pass / alloc failure after earlier subprogs succeeded), as syzbot did repeatedly; no race or attacker-uncontrollable layout is required.\nPR:L - Multi-subprog programs require bpf_capable() (CAP_BPF or CAP_SYS_ADMIN), but CAP_BPF is a delegatable non-root capability routinely granted to containers, agents, and Android services, so only low privileges are needed in the worst reasonable deployment.\nUI:N - The attacker loads the crafted multi-subprog BPF program themselves via bpf(); no separate victim action is required.\nS:U - Impact is host-kernel memory corruption / privilege escalation within the same OS security authority; this is not a VM escape, IOMMU bypass, or other cross-boundary compromise.\nC:H - Freeing a not-finalized bpf_prog_pack slice via the wrong path can release the shared 2MB JIT pack while other programs still use it (explicit UAF of pack contents), enabling reclaim and arbitrary kernel/JIT memory disclosure.\nI:H - The same erroneous pack free / module_memfree of shared RX JIT memory is a use-after-free of executable BPF images and allocator state, sprayable into arbitrary write and control-flow hijack primitives.\nA:H - syzbot observed KASAN vmalloc-OOB in bpf_jit_free escalating to a page-fault oops, and a kernel BUG in __text_poke when later JIT touches corrupted pack memory, so availability impact is High." } ] } ], "affected": [ { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c", "include/linux/bpf.h", "include/linux/filter.h", "kernel/bpf/core.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "1022a5498f6f745c3b5fd3f050a5e11e7ca354f0", "lessThan": "f91ce608a79c0db3e72bd63c23e011a9ebc31505", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "1022a5498f6f745c3b5fd3f050a5e11e7ca354f0", "lessThan": "60e66074812dde9cde3d99cdd3caa9e40f1a4516", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" }, { "version": "1022a5498f6f745c3b5fd3f050a5e11e7ca354f0", "lessThan": "1d5f82d9dd477d5c66e0214a68c3e4f308eadd6d", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git" } ] }, { "product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": [ "arch/x86/net/bpf_jit_comp.c", "include/linux/bpf.h", "include/linux/filter.h", "kernel/bpf/core.c" ], "versions": [ { "version": "5.18", "status": "affected" }, { "version": "0", "lessThan": "5.18", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.18.18", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.18.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "5.19.2", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.19.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver" }, { "version": "6.0", "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": "5.18", "versionEndExcluding": "5.18.18" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.18", "versionEndExcluding": "5.19.2" }, { "vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.18", "versionEndExcluding": "6.0" } ] } ] } ], "references": [ { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f91ce608a79c0db3e72bd63c23e011a9ebc31505" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60e66074812dde9cde3d99cdd3caa9e40f1a4516" }, { "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d5f82d9dd477d5c66e0214a68c3e4f308eadd6d" } ], "title": "bpf, x86: fix freeing of not-finalized bpf_prog_pack", "x_generator": { "engine": "bippy-1.2.0" } } } }