{"id":"CVE-2022-49992","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2022-49992","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:09:06.305Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/mprotect: only reference swap pfn page if type match Yu Zhao reported a bug after the commit \"mm/swap: Add swp_offset_pfn() to fetch PFN from swap entry\" added a check in…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm/mprotect: only reference swap pfn page if type match\n\nYu Zhao reported a bug after the commit \"mm/swap: Add swp_offset_pfn() to\nfetch PFN from swap entry\" added a check in swp_offset_pfn() for swap type [1]:\n\n  kernel BUG at include/linux/swapops.h:117!\n  CPU: 46 PID: 5245 Comm: EventManager_De Tainted: G S         O L 6.0.0-dbg-DEV #2\n  RIP: 0010:pfn_swap_entry_to_page+0x72/0xf0\n  Code: c6 48 8b 36 48 83 fe ff 74 53 48 01 d1 48 83 c1 08 48 8b 09 f6\n  c1 01 75 7b 66 90 48 89 c1 48 8b 09 f6 c1 01 74 74 5d c3 eb 9e <0f> 0b\n  48 ba ff ff ff ff 03 00 00 00 eb ae a9 ff 0f 00 00 75 13 48\n  RSP: 0018:ffffa59e73fabb80 EFLAGS: 00010282\n  RAX: 00000000ffffffe8 RBX: 0c00000000000000 RCX: ffffcd5440000000\n  RDX: 1ffffffffff7a80a RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 0c0000000000042b\n  RBP: ffffa59e73fabb80 R08: ffff9965ca6e8bb8 R09: 0000000000000000\n  R10: ffffffffa5a2f62d R11: 0000030b372e9fff R12: ffff997b79db5738\n  R13: 000000000000042b R14: 0c0000000000042b R15: 1ffffffffff7a80a\n  FS:  00007f549d1bb700(0000) GS:ffff99d3cf680000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000\n  CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n  CR2: 0000440d035b3180 CR3: 0000002243176004 CR4: 00000000003706e0\n  DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000\n  DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400\n  Call Trace:\n   <TASK>\n   change_pte_range+0x36e/0x880\n   change_p4d_range+0x2e8/0x670\n   change_protection_range+0x14e/0x2c0\n   mprotect_fixup+0x1ee/0x330\n   do_mprotect_pkey+0x34c/0x440\n   __x64_sys_mprotect+0x1d/0x30\n\nIt triggers because pfn_swap_entry_to_page() could be called upon e.g. a\ngenuine swap entry.\n\nFix it by only calling it when it's a write migration entry where the page*\nis used.\n\n[1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAOUHufaVC2Za-p8m0aiHw6YkheDcrO-C3wRGixwDS32VTS+k1w@mail.gmail.com/","published":"2025-06-18T11:15:27.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T05:19:42.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":[],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00209,"percentile":0.10986,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.21%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d2f78f08cd8388035ac375e731ec1ac1b79b09d","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5fcf81e308d1f4ae95f31690d2a80b7061385ff9","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49992","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}