Bug 2363427 (CVE-2022-49778)

Summary: CVE-2022-49778 kernel: arm64/mm: fix incorrect file_map_count for non-leaf pmd/pud
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-05-01 15:04:15 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

arm64/mm: fix incorrect file_map_count for non-leaf pmd/pud

The page table check trigger BUG_ON() unexpectedly when collapse hugepage:

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 kernel BUG at mm/page_table_check.c:82!
 Internal error: Oops - BUG: 00000000f2000800 [#1] SMP
 Dumping ftrace buffer:
    (ftrace buffer empty)
 Modules linked in:
 CPU: 6 PID: 68 Comm: khugepaged Not tainted 6.1.0-rc3+ #750
 Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
 pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
 pc : page_table_check_clear.isra.0+0x258/0x3f0
 lr : page_table_check_clear.isra.0+0x240/0x3f0
[...]
 Call trace:
  page_table_check_clear.isra.0+0x258/0x3f0
  __page_table_check_pmd_clear+0xbc/0x108
  pmdp_collapse_flush+0xb0/0x160
  collapse_huge_page+0xa08/0x1080
  hpage_collapse_scan_pmd+0xf30/0x1590
  khugepaged_scan_mm_slot.constprop.0+0x52c/0xac8
  khugepaged+0x338/0x518
  kthread+0x278/0x2f8
  ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20
[...]

Since pmd_user_accessible_page() doesn't check if a pmd is leaf, it
decrease file_map_count for a non-leaf pmd comes from collapse_huge_page().
and so trigger BUG_ON() unexpectedly.

Fix this problem by using pmd_leaf() insteal of pmd_present() in
pmd_user_accessible_page(). Moreover, use pud_leaf() for
pud_user_accessible_page() too.

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2025-05-02 03:26:13 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025050118-CVE-2022-49778-ea15@gregkh/T