CVE-2022-50168

HIGH

Linux Kernel 5.18-5.18.17, 5.19-5.19.1, 6.0 - Use-After-Free in BPF Program Pack JIT Compilation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf, x86: fix freeing of not-finalized bpf_prog_pack syzbot reported a few issues with bpf_prog_pack [1], [2]. This only happens with multiple subprogs. In jit_subprogs(), we first call bpf_int_jit_compile() on each sub program. And then, we call it on each sub program again. jit_data is not freed in the first call of bpf_int_jit_compile(). Similarly we don't call bpf_jit_binary_pack_finalize() in the first call of bpf_int_jit_compile(). If bpf_int_jit_compile() failed for one sub program, we will call bpf_jit_binary_pack_finalize() for this sub program. However, we don't have a chance to call it for other sub programs. Then we will hit "goto out_free" in jit_subprogs(), and call bpf_jit_free on some subprograms that haven't got bpf_jit_binary_pack_finalize() yet. At this point, bpf_jit_binary_pack_free() is called and the whole 2MB page is freed erroneously. Fix this with a custom bpf_jit_free() for x86_64, which calls bpf_jit_binary_pack_finalize() if necessary. Also, with custom bpf_jit_free(), bpf_prog_aux->use_bpf_prog_pack is not needed any more, remove it. [1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=2f649ec6d2eea1495a8f [2] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=87f65c75f4a72db05445

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0021
EPSS Percentile 11.4%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (11)
linux/Kernel 5.18.0 - 5.18.18linux
linux/Kernel 5.19.0 - 5.19.2linux
Linux/Linux < 5.18
Linux/Linux 1022a5498f6f745c3b5fd3f050a5e11e7ca354f0 - 1d5f82d9dd477d5c66e0214a68c3e4f308eadd6d
Linux/Linux 1022a5498f6f745c3b5fd3f050a5e11e7ca354f0 - 60e66074812dde9cde3d99cdd3caa9e40f1a4516
Linux/Linux 1022a5498f6f745c3b5fd3f050a5e11e7ca354f0 - f91ce608a79c0db3e72bd63c23e011a9ebc31505
Linux/Linux 5.18
Linux/Linux 5.18.18 - 5.18.*
Linux/Linux 5.19.2 - 5.19.*
Linux/Linux 6.0
... and 1 more
Published Jun 18, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026