CVE-2022-50285
MEDIUMLinux Kernel 4.3.6-4.3.9 - Race Condition in HugeTLB Page Reservation Counter
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm,hugetlb: take hugetlb_lock before decrementing h->resv_huge_pages The h->*_huge_pages counters are protected by the hugetlb_lock, but alloc_huge_page has a corner case where it can decrement the counter outside of the lock. This could lead to a corrupted value of h->resv_huge_pages, which we have observed on our systems. Take the hugetlb_lock before decrementing h->resv_huge_pages to avoid a potential race.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0015
EPSS Percentile
4.4%
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 (30)
linux/Kernel
4.10.0 - 4.14.298linux
linux/Kernel
4.15.0 - 4.19.264linux
linux/Kernel
4.20.0 - 5.4.223linux
linux/Kernel
4.4.0 - 4.9.332linux
linux/Kernel
5.11.0 - 5.15.76linux
linux/Kernel
5.16.0 - 6.0.6linux
linux/Kernel
5.5.0 - 5.10.153linux
Linux/Linux
< 4.4
Linux/Linux
3f5fae4d1a3189d95b02b4b45e1218df147122bc
Linux/Linux
4.14.298 - 4.14.*
... and 20 more
Published
Sep 15, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026