CVE-2022-49828

hugetlbfs: don't delete error page from pagecache

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: May 1, 2025 at 02:09 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:19 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hugetlbfs: don't delete error page from pagecache This change is very similar to the change that was made for shmem [1], and it solves the same problem but for HugeTLBFS instead. Currently, when poison is found in a HugeTLB page, the page is removed from the page cache. That means that attempting to map or read that hugepage in the future will result in a new hugepage being allocated instead of notifying the user that the page was poisoned. As [1] states, this is effectively memory corruption. The fix is to leave the page in the page cache. If the user attempts to use a poisoned HugeTLB page with a syscall, the syscall will fail with EIO, the same error code that shmem uses. For attempts to map the page, the thread will get a BUS_MCEERR_AR SIGBUS. [1]: commit a76054266661 ("mm: shmem: don't truncate page if memory failure happens")

Affected

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

v < 5.15.804.13 ≤ v < 5.15.804.13 ≤ v < 6.0.104.13 ≤ v < 6.15.16 ≤ v < 6.0.104.136.1 rc16.1 rc26.1 rc36.1 rc478bb920344b8a6f04b79a7c254041723b931c94f
Vendor states this is fixed in 30571f28bb35c826219971c63bcf60d2517112ed (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 8625147cafaa9ba74713d682f5185eb62cb2aedb (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ec667443b2dbc6cdbbac4073e51a17733158ec6a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.80 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.0.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1 (unaffected)

References (3)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/30571f28bb35c826219971c63bcf60d2517112ed
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8625147cafaa9ba74713d682f5185eb62cb2aedb
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ec667443b2dbc6cdbbac4073e51a17733158ec6a

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusANALYZED
CWE
CWE-401

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