Vulnerability · Published Feb 26, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2022-49357efi: Do not import certificates from UEFI Secure Boot for T2 Macs

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 6% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 93.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: efi: Do not import certificates from UEFI Secure Boot for T2 Macs On Apple T2 Macs, when Linux attempts to read the db and dbx efi variables at early boot to load UEFI Secure Boot certificates, a page fault occurs in Apple firmware code and EFI runtime services are disabled with the following logs: [Firmware Bug]: Page fault caused by firmware at PA: 0xffffb1edc0068000 WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 104 at arch/x86/platform/efi/quirks.c:735 efi_crash_gracefully_on_page_fault+0x50/0xf0 (Removed some logs from here) Call Trace: <TASK> page_fault_oops+0x4f/0x2c0 ? search_bpf_extables+0x6b/0x80 ? search_module_extables+0x50/0x80 ? search_exception_tables+0x5b/0x60 kernelmode_fixup_or_oops+0x9e/0x110 __bad_area_nosemaphore+0x155/0x190 bad_area_nosemaphore+0x16/0x20 do_kern_addr_fault+0x8c/0xa0 exc_page_fault+0xd8/0x180 asm_exc_page_fault+0x1e/0x30 (Removed some logs from here) ? __efi_call+0x28/0x30 ? switch_mm+0x20/0x30 ? efi_call_rts+0x19a/0x8e0 ? process_one_work+0x222/0x3f0 ? worker_thread+0x4a/0x3d0 ? kthread+0x17a/0x1a0 ? process_one_work+0x3f0/0x3f0 ? set_kthread_struct+0x40/0x40 ? ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30 </TASK> ---[ end trace 1f82023595a5927f ]--- efi: Froze efi_rts_wq and disabled EFI Runtime Services integrity: Couldn't get size: 0x8000000000000015 integrity: MODSIGN: Couldn't get UEFI db list efi: EFI Runtime Services are disabled! integrity: Couldn't get size: 0x8000000000000015 integrity: Couldn't get UEFI dbx list integrity: Couldn't get size: 0x8000000000000015 integrity: Couldn't get mokx list integrity: Couldn't get size: 0x80000000 So we avoid reading these UEFI variables and thus prevent the crash.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:9kernel5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-core5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-core5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-core5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-devel5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-devel-matched5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-core5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-extra5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-abi-stablelists5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-core5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-cross-headers5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-core5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-devel5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-devel-matched5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules-core5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-uki-virt5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-devel5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-devel-matched5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-doc5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-headers5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules-core5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules-extra5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-core5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-core5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-devel5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-modules5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-modules-core5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-core5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-core5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-devel5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-core5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-devel5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-core5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-extra5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs-devel5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-uki-virt5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-uki-virt-addons5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-core5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-devel5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9libperf5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9perf5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9python3-perf5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9rtla5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
AlmaLinux:9rv5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7ALSA-2025:20518
Debian:12linux5.18.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49357
Debian:13linux5.18.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49357
Debian:14linux5.18.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49357
Rocky Linux:9kernel0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7RLSA-2025:20518
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-47.51UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1019.23UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1019.24UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1017.23UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1015.18UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1002.4UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1013.15UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1015.20UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1017.21UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-47.53UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1017.22UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1014.16UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49357

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 15ea0e1e3e185040bed6119f815096f2e4326242 – before b1cda6dd2c44771f042d65f0d17bec322ef99a0a15ea0e1e3e185040bed6119f815096f2e4326242 – before c072cab98bac11f6ef9db640fb51834d9552e2e615ea0e1e3e185040bed6119f815096f2e4326242 – before 65237307f88f5200782ae7f243bdd385e37cde5d15ea0e1e3e185040bed6119f815096f2e4326242 – before b34786b25d75f9c119696e6bdf3827f54ae3601b15ea0e1e3e185040bed6119f815096f2e4326242 – before 1f7264f0510f519b4e4f575a8f0579ea65e7592e15ea0e1e3e185040bed6119f815096f2e4326242 – before 155ca952c7ca19aa32ecfb7373a32bbc2e1ec6eb
Linux Linux 5.0

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