CVE-2022-50630

mm: hugetlb: fix UAF in hugetlb_handle_userfault

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: December 8, 2025 at 01:16 AM UTC
Updated: October 15, 2026 at 10:17 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: hugetlb: fix UAF in hugetlb_handle_userfault The vma_lock and hugetlb_fault_mutex are dropped before handling userfault and reacquire them again after handle_userfault(), but reacquire the vma_lock could lead to UAF[1,2] due to the following race, hugetlb_fault hugetlb_no_page /*unlock vma_lock */ hugetlb_handle_userfault handle_userfault /* unlock mm->mmap_lock*/ vm_mmap_pgoff do_mmap mmap_region munmap_vma_range /* clean old vma */ /* lock vma_lock again <--- UAF */ /* unlock vma_lock */ Since the vma_lock will unlock immediately after hugetlb_handle_userfault(), let's drop the unneeded lock and unlock in hugetlb_handle_userfault() to fix the issue. [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/[email protected]/ [2] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/[email protected]/

Affected

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

1a1aad8a9b7bd34f60cdf98cd7915f00ae892c454.11
Vendor states this is fixed in 0db2efb3bff879566f05341d94c3de00ac95c4cc (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 45c33966759ea1b4040c08dacda99ef623c0ca29 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 78504bcedb2f1bbfb353b4d233c24d641c4dda33 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 958f32ce832ba781ac20e11bb2d12a9352ea28fc (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in dd691973f67b2800a97db723b1ff6f07fdcf7f5a (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.11 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.150 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.75 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.19.17 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.0.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1 (unaffected)

Remediation

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SSVC — Action Prioritization

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CVSS

7.8HIGHLinux
Vector?

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