Vulnerability · Published Feb 26, 2025 · Assigned by Linux
CVE-2022-49623powerpc/xive/spapr: correct bitmap allocation size
High 7.1
In plain English
A high-severity out-of-bounds read 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 0.3% (higher than 21% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/xive/spapr: correct bitmap allocation size kasan detects access beyond the end of the xibm->bitmap allocation: BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in _find_first_zero_bit+0x40/0x140 Read of size 8 at addr c00000001d1d0118 by task swapper/0/1 CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 5.19.0-rc2-00001-g90df023b36dd #28 Call Trace: [c00000001d98f770] [c0000000012baab8] dump_stack_lvl+0xac/0x108 (unreliable) [c00000001d98f7b0] [c00000000068faac] print_report+0x37c/0x710 [c00000001d98f880] [c0000000006902c0] kasan_report+0x110/0x354 [c00000001d98f950] [c000000000692324] __asan_load8+0xa4/0xe0 [c00000001d98f970] [c0000000011c6ed0] _find_first_zero_bit+0x40/0x140 [c00000001d98f9b0] [c0000000000dbfbc] xive_spapr_get_ipi+0xcc/0x260 [c00000001d98fa70] [c0000000000d6d28] xive_setup_cpu_ipi+0x1e8/0x450 [c00000001d98fb30] [c000000004032a20] pSeries_smp_probe+0x5c/0x118 [c00000001d98fb60] [c000000004018b44] smp_prepare_cpus+0x944/0x9ac [c00000001d98fc90] [c000000004009f9c] kernel_init_freeable+0x2d4/0x640 [c00000001d98fd90] [c0000000000131e8] kernel_init+0x28/0x1d0 [c00000001d98fe10] [c00000000000cd54] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x5c/0x64 Allocated by task 0: kasan_save_stack+0x34/0x70 __kasan_kmalloc+0xb4/0xf0 __kmalloc+0x268/0x540 xive_spapr_init+0x4d0/0x77c pseries_init_irq+0x40/0x27c init_IRQ+0x44/0x84 start_kernel+0x2a4/0x538 start_here_common+0x1c/0x20 The buggy address belongs to the object at c00000001d1d0118 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-8 of size 8 The buggy address is located 0 bytes inside of 8-byte region [c00000001d1d0118, c00000001d1d0120) The buggy address belongs to the physical page: page:c00c000000074740 refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0xc00000001d1d0558 pfn:0x1d1d flags: 0x7ffff000000200(slab|node=0|zone=0|lastcpupid=0x7ffff) raw: 007ffff000000200 c00000001d0003c8 c00000001d0003c8 c00000001d010480 raw: c00000001d1d0558 0000000001e1000a 00000001ffffffff 0000000000000000 page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected Memory state around the buggy address: c00000001d1d0000: fc 00 fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc c00000001d1d0080: fc fc 00 fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc >c00000001d1d0100: fc fc fc 02 fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc ^ c00000001d1d0180: fc fc fc fc 04 fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc c00000001d1d0200: fc fc fc fc fc 04 fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc fc This happens because the allocation uses the wrong unit (bits) when it should pass (BITS_TO_LONGS(count) * sizeof(long)) or equivalent. With small numbers of bits, the allocated object can be smaller than sizeof(long), which results in invalid accesses. Use bitmap_zalloc() to allocate and initialize the irq bitmap, paired with bitmap_free() for consistency.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-64k | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-64k-core | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-64k-debug | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-64k-debug-core | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-64k-debug-devel | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-64k-debug-modules | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-64k-debug-modules-core | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-64k-devel | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-64k-devel-matched | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-64k-modules | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-64k-modules-core | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-64k-modules-extra | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-abi-stablelists | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-core | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-cross-headers | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-debug | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-debug-core | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-debug-devel | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-debug-devel-matched | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-debug-modules | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-debug-modules-core | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-debug-modules-extra | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-debug-uki-virt | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-devel | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-devel-matched | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-doc | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-headers | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-modules | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-modules-core | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-modules-extra | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-rt | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-rt-64k | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-rt-64k-core | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-rt-64k-debug | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-rt-64k-debug-core | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-rt-64k-devel | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-rt-64k-modules | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-rt-64k-modules-core | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-rt-core | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-rt-debug | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-rt-debug-core | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-rt-debug-devel | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-rt-debug-modules | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-rt-debug-modules-core | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-rt-devel | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-rt-modules | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-rt-modules-core | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-rt-modules-extra | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-tools | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-tools-libs | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-tools-libs-devel | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-uki-virt | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-uki-virt-addons | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-zfcpdump | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-zfcpdump-core | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-zfcpdump-devel | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-zfcpdump-modules | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | libperf | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | perf | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | python3-perf | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | rtla | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | rv | 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | ALSA-2025:20518 |
| Debian:12 | linux | 5.18.14-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Debian:13 | linux | 5.18.14-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 5.18.14-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | kernel | 0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 | RLSA-2025:20518 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux | 5.15.0-50.56 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-allwinner-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws | 5.15.0-1021.25 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure | 5.15.0-1021.26 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde | 5.15.0-1024.30.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp | 5.15.0-1019.25 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gke | 5.15.0-1017.20 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gkeop | 5.15.0-1004.6 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-ibm | 5.15.0-1015.17 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iot-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iotg | 5.15.0-1017.22 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-kvm | 5.15.0-1019.23 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency | 5.15.0-50.56 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia | 5.15.0-1015.15 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-5.17 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.0 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.1 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle | 5.15.0-1019.24 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-raspi | 5.15.0-1016.18 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49623 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | eac1e731b59ee3b5f5e641a7765c7ed41ed26226 – before 10f2cd373e65bcd3be8f3cdc71c330c25763dfd8eac1e731b59ee3b5f5e641a7765c7ed41ed26226 – before 99d1c36bddd93919072b5a51a89297bbb5ad6a6feac1e731b59ee3b5f5e641a7765c7ed41ed26226 – before 19fc5bb93c6bbdce8292b4d7eed04e2fa118d2fe |
| Linux | Linux | 4.14 |
Weakness: CWE-125 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H