CVE-2022-49077
MEDIUMLinux Kernel < 4.9.311 - Off-by-one Error in mremap Range Validation
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mmmremap.c: avoid pointless invalidate_range_start/end on mremap(old_size=0) If an mremap() syscall with old_size=0 ends up in move_page_tables(), it will call invalidate_range_start()/invalidate_range_end() unnecessarily, i.e. with an empty range. This causes a WARN in KVM's mmu_notifier. In the past, empty ranges have been diagnosed to be off-by-one bugs, hence the WARNing. Given the low (so far) number of unique reports, the benefits of detecting more buggy callers seem to outweigh the cost of having to fix cases such as this one, where userspace is doing something silly. In this particular case, an early return from move_page_tables() is enough to fix the issue.
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0023
EPSS Percentile
13.8%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-193
Status
published
Products (30)
linux/Kernel
3.2.0 - 4.9.311linux
linux/Kernel
4.10.0 - 4.14.276linux
linux/Kernel
4.15.0 - 4.19.238linux
linux/Kernel
4.20.0 - 5.4.189linux
linux/Kernel
5.11.0 - 5.15.34linux
linux/Kernel
5.16.0 - 5.16.20linux
linux/Kernel
5.17.0 - 5.17.3linux
linux/Kernel
5.5.0 - 5.10.111linux
Linux/Linux
< 3.2
Linux/Linux
3.2
... and 20 more
Published
Feb 26, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026