CVE-2022-49180

LSM: general protection fault in legacy_parse_param

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 26, 2025 at 01:55 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: LSM: general protection fault in legacy_parse_param The usual LSM hook "bail on fail" scheme doesn't work for cases where a security module may return an error code indicating that it does not recognize an input. In this particular case Smack sees a mount option that it recognizes, and returns 0. A call to a BPF hook follows, which returns -ENOPARAM, which confuses the caller because Smack has processed its data. The SELinux hook incorrectly returns 1 on success. There was a time when this was correct, however the current expectation is that it return 0 on success. This is repaired.

Affected

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

v < 5.4.1895.1 ≤ v < 5.10.1105.1 ≤ v < 5.15.335.1 ≤ v < 5.16.195.1 ≤ v < 5.17.25.1 ≤ v < 5.185.1 ≤ v < 5.4.1895.11 ≤ v < 5.15.335.16 ≤ v < 5.16.195.17 ≤ v < 5.17.25.5 ≤ v < 5.10.1105.1da2441fdffbf7602da702aea5bd95ca4dc3d63fc
Vendor states this is fixed in 00fc07fa0b4a004711b6e1a944f0d2e46f7093b7 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2784604c8c6fc523248f8f80a421c313a9d790b7 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in cadae7c5e477aaafcba819b8e4a3d1c1a1503b62 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ddcdda888e14ca451b3ee83d11b65b2a9c8e783b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ecff30575b5ad0eda149aadad247b7f75411fd47 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in f3f93a1aaafc3032e0a9655fb43deccfb3e953a3 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.110 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.33 (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)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.189 (unaffected)

References (6)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00fc07fa0b4a004711b6e1a944f0d2e46f7093b7
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2784604c8c6fc523248f8f80a421c313a9d790b7
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cadae7c5e477aaafcba819b8e4a3d1c1a1503b62
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddcdda888e14ca451b3ee83d11b65b2a9c8e783b
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ecff30575b5ad0eda149aadad247b7f75411fd47
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3f93a1aaafc3032e0a9655fb43deccfb3e953a3

CVSS

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

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