CVE-2022-50230

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.13-5.19.1 - Denial of Service via Unset UXN on Swapper Page Tables

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arm64: set UXN on swapper page tables [ This issue was fixed upstream by accident in c3cee924bd85 ("arm64: head: cover entire kernel image in initial ID map") as part of a large refactoring of the arm64 boot flow. This simple fix is therefore preferred for -stable backporting ] On a system that implements FEAT_EPAN, read/write access to the idmap is denied because UXN is not set on the swapper PTEs. As a result, idmap_kpti_install_ng_mappings panics the kernel when accessing __idmap_kpti_flag. Fix it by setting UXN on these PTEs.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0017
EPSS Percentile 6.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (8)
linux/Kernel 5.13.0 - 5.19.1linux
Linux/Linux < 5.13
Linux/Linux 18107f8a2df6bf1c6cac8d0713f757f866d5af51 - 9283e708a9b8529e7aafac9ab5c5c79a9fab8846
Linux/Linux 18107f8a2df6bf1c6cac8d0713f757f866d5af51 - c3cee924bd855184d15bc4aa6088dcf8e2c1394c
Linux/Linux 5.13
Linux/Linux 5.19.1 - 5.19.*
Linux/Linux 6.0
linux/linux_kernel 5.13 - 5.19.1
Published Jun 18, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026