ghsa-r6x5-vqv8-8gvx
Vulnerability from github
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
powerpc/memhotplug: Add add_pages override for PPC
With commit ffa0b64e3be5 ("powerpc: Fix virt_addr_valid() for 64-bit Book3E & 32-bit") the kernel now validate the addr against high_memory value. This results in the below BUG_ON with dax pfns.
[ 635.798741][T26531] kernel BUG at mm/page_alloc.c:5521! 1:mon> e cpu 0x1: Vector: 700 (Program Check) at [c000000007287630] pc: c00000000055ed48: free_pages.part.0+0x48/0x110 lr: c00000000053ca70: tlb_finish_mmu+0x80/0xd0 sp: c0000000072878d0 msr: 800000000282b033 current = 0xc00000000afabe00 paca = 0xc00000037ffff300 irqmask: 0x03 irq_happened: 0x05 pid = 26531, comm = 50-landscape-sy kernel BUG at :5521! Linux version 5.19.0-rc3-14659-g4ec05be7c2e1 (kvaneesh@ltc-boston8) (gcc (Ubuntu 9.4.0-1ubuntu1~20.04.1) 9.4.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.34) #625 SMP Thu Jun 23 00:35:43 CDT 2022 1:mon> t [link register ] c00000000053ca70 tlb_finish_mmu+0x80/0xd0 [c0000000072878d0] c00000000053ca54 tlb_finish_mmu+0x64/0xd0 (unreliable) [c000000007287900] c000000000539424 exit_mmap+0xe4/0x2a0 [c0000000072879e0] c00000000019fc1c mmput+0xcc/0x210 [c000000007287a20] c000000000629230 begin_new_exec+0x5e0/0xf40 [c000000007287ae0] c00000000070b3cc load_elf_binary+0x3ac/0x1e00 [c000000007287c10] c000000000627af0 bprm_execve+0x3b0/0xaf0 [c000000007287cd0] c000000000628414 do_execveat_common.isra.0+0x1e4/0x310 [c000000007287d80] c00000000062858c sys_execve+0x4c/0x60 [c000000007287db0] c00000000002c1b0 system_call_exception+0x160/0x2c0 [c000000007287e10] c00000000000c53c system_call_common+0xec/0x250
The fix is to make sure we update high_memory on memory hotplug. This is similar to what x86 does in commit 3072e413e305 ("mm/memory_hotplug: introduce add_pages")
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2022-49666"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-02-26T07:01:41Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\npowerpc/memhotplug: Add add_pages override for PPC\n\nWith commit ffa0b64e3be5 (\"powerpc: Fix virt_addr_valid() for 64-bit Book3E \u0026 32-bit\")\nthe kernel now validate the addr against high_memory value. This results\nin the below BUG_ON with dax pfns.\n\n[ 635.798741][T26531] kernel BUG at mm/page_alloc.c:5521!\n1:mon\u003e e\ncpu 0x1: Vector: 700 (Program Check) at [c000000007287630]\n pc: c00000000055ed48: free_pages.part.0+0x48/0x110\n lr: c00000000053ca70: tlb_finish_mmu+0x80/0xd0\n sp: c0000000072878d0\n msr: 800000000282b033\n current = 0xc00000000afabe00\n paca = 0xc00000037ffff300 irqmask: 0x03 irq_happened: 0x05\n pid = 26531, comm = 50-landscape-sy\nkernel BUG at :5521!\nLinux version 5.19.0-rc3-14659-g4ec05be7c2e1 (kvaneesh@ltc-boston8) (gcc (Ubuntu 9.4.0-1ubuntu1~20.04.1) 9.4.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Ubuntu) 2.34) #625 SMP Thu Jun 23 00:35:43 CDT 2022\n1:mon\u003e t\n[link register ] c00000000053ca70 tlb_finish_mmu+0x80/0xd0\n[c0000000072878d0] c00000000053ca54 tlb_finish_mmu+0x64/0xd0 (unreliable)\n[c000000007287900] c000000000539424 exit_mmap+0xe4/0x2a0\n[c0000000072879e0] c00000000019fc1c mmput+0xcc/0x210\n[c000000007287a20] c000000000629230 begin_new_exec+0x5e0/0xf40\n[c000000007287ae0] c00000000070b3cc load_elf_binary+0x3ac/0x1e00\n[c000000007287c10] c000000000627af0 bprm_execve+0x3b0/0xaf0\n[c000000007287cd0] c000000000628414 do_execveat_common.isra.0+0x1e4/0x310\n[c000000007287d80] c00000000062858c sys_execve+0x4c/0x60\n[c000000007287db0] c00000000002c1b0 system_call_exception+0x160/0x2c0\n[c000000007287e10] c00000000000c53c system_call_common+0xec/0x250\n\nThe fix is to make sure we update high_memory on memory hotplug.\nThis is similar to what x86 does in commit 3072e413e305 (\"mm/memory_hotplug: introduce add_pages\")",
"id": "GHSA-r6x5-vqv8-8gvx",
"modified": "2025-10-23T18:31:05Z",
"published": "2025-10-23T18:31:05Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49666"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84d146fd35a01b08e9515041de60f0f915a417d5"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89296ac435e2cf8a5101f7fab8f0c7b754b92052"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac790d09885d36143076e7e02825c541e8eee899"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
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