Vulnerability · Published Jun 18, 2025 · Assigned by Linux
CVE-2022-49993loop: Check for overflow while configuring loop
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 0.3% (higher than 17% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: loop: Check for overflow while configuring loop The userspace can configure a loop using an ioctl call, wherein a configuration of type loop_config is passed (see lo_ioctl()'s case on line 1550 of drivers/block/loop.c). This proceeds to call loop_configure() which in turn calls loop_set_status_from_info() (see line 1050 of loop.c), passing &config->info which is of type loop_info64*. This function then sets the appropriate values, like the offset. loop_device has lo_offset of type loff_t (see line 52 of loop.c), which is typdef-chained to long long, whereas loop_info64 has lo_offset of type __u64 (see line 56 of include/uapi/linux/loop.h). The function directly copies offset from info to the device as follows (See line 980 of loop.c): lo->lo_offset = info->lo_offset; This results in an overflow, which triggers a warning in iomap_iter() due to a call to iomap_iter_done() which has: WARN_ON_ONCE(iter->iomap.offset > iter->pos); Thus, check for negative value during loop_set_status_from_info(). Bug report: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=c620fe14aac810396d3c3edc9ad73848bf69a29e
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | 6.0.2-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Debian:13 | linux | 6.0.2-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 6.0.2-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux | 5.15.0-53.59 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-allwinner-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws | 5.15.0-1023.27 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-aws-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure | 5.15.0-1023.29 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde | 5.15.0-1024.30.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-azure-fde-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp | 5.15.0-1022.29 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gcp-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gke | 5.15.0-1020.25 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-gkeop | 5.15.0-1008.12 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-hwe-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-ibm | 5.15.0-1018.21 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iot-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-intel-iotg | 5.15.0-1018.23 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-kvm | 5.15.0-1021.26 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency | 5.15.0-53.59 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia | 5.15.0-1015.15 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-nvidia-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-5.17 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.0 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.1 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oem-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle | 5.15.0-1022.28 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-oracle-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-raspi | 5.15.0-1018.20 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-raspi-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-realtime | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:24.04:LTS | linux-riscv | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-riscv-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-5.19 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-6.2 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | linux-starfive-6.5 | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49993 |
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux | 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – before 18e28817cb516b39de6281f6db9b0618b2cc7b421da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – before adf0112d9b8acb03485624220b4934f69bf133691da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – before a217715338fd48f72114725aa7a40e484a781ca71da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – before b40877b8562c5720d0a7fce20729f56b75a3dede1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – before 6858933131d0dadac071c4d33335a9ea4b8e76cf1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – before 0455bef69028c65065f16bb04635591b2374249b1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – before 9be7fa7ead18a48940df7b59d993bbc8b9055c151da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 – before c490a0b5a4f36da3918181a8acdc6991d967c5f3 |
| Linux | Linux | 2.6.12 |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18e28817cb516b39de6281f6db9b0618b2cc7b42
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/adf0112d9b8acb03485624220b4934f69bf13369
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a217715338fd48f72114725aa7a40e484a781ca7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b40877b8562c5720d0a7fce20729f56b75a3dede
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6858933131d0dadac071c4d33335a9ea4b8e76cf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0455bef69028c65065f16bb04635591b2374249b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9be7fa7ead18a48940df7b59d993bbc8b9055c15
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c490a0b5a4f36da3918181a8acdc6991d967c5f3