CVE-2022-49172

parisc: Fix non-access data TLB cache flush faults

HIGH
7.1
CVSS Score
Published: February 26, 2025 at 01:55 AM UTC
Updated: August 5, 2026 at 09:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: parisc: Fix non-access data TLB cache flush faults When a page is not present, we get non-access data TLB faults from the fdc and fic instructions in flush_user_dcache_range_asm and flush_user_icache_range_asm. When these occur, the cache line is not invalidated and potentially we get memory corruption. The problem was hidden by the nullification of the flush instructions. These faults also affect performance. With pa8800/pa8900 processors, there will be 32 faults per 4 KB page since the cache line is 128 bytes. There will be more faults with earlier processors. The problem is fixed by using flush_cache_pages(). It does the flush using a tmp alias mapping. The flush_cache_pages() call in flush_cache_range() flushed too large a range. V2: Remove unnecessary preempt_disable() and preempt_enable() calls.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 5.16.192.6.12 ≤ v < 5.16.192.6.12 ≤ v < 5.17.22.6.12 ≤ v < 5.185.17 ≤ v < 5.17.21da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac22.6.12
Vendor states this is fixed in b3d6adb3a49d82e4e557c5fc16f50c9ff731da5d (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ddca4b82027e2a66333dd40fab21a4beff435c7e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f839e5f1cef36ce268950c387129b1bfefdaebc9 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.16.19 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.17.2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.18 (unaffected)

References (3)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3d6adb3a49d82e4e557c5fc16f50c9ff731da5d
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddca4b82027e2a66333dd40fab21a4beff435c7e
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f839e5f1cef36ce268950c387129b1bfefdaebc9

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

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CWE
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