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Medium · 5.0 CVE-2022-3623 EUVD-2022-42983GHSA-q52p-4hj9-4wrq

Linux Kernel BPF gup.c follow_page_pte race condition

Published Oct 20, 2022 · Updated Apr 15, 2025 · Assigned by VulDB

Vendor: Linux Product: kernel Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.15 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.4 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.15 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.4 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.4 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-hwe-5.4 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.4 Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-iot Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.15 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.4 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-5.4 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.15 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-vmware Package: linux-xilinx-zynqmp Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is the function follow_page_pte of the file mm/gup.c of the component BPF. The manipulation leads to race condition. The attack can be launched remotely. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier VDB-211921 was assigned to this vulnerability.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Kernel — —

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.0.3-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.0.3-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.0.3-1 —
Debian 11 linux 5.10.162-1 DSA-5324-1
Debian 10 linux-5.10 5.10.162-1~deb10u1 DLA-3349-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1014.16 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-60.66 USN-5851-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1030.34 USN-5876-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure 5.15.0-1033.40 USN-5851-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 5.15.0-1033.40.1 USN-5876-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1029.36 USN-5876-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke 5.15.0-1027.32 USN-5860-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1015.19 USN-5851-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.15.0-1025.28 USN-5851-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1025.30 USN-5876-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.15.0-1028.33 USN-5851-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia 5.15.0-1017.17 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1029.35 USN-5851-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.15.0-1024.26 USN-5851-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +12 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux 5.4.0-144.161 USN-5917-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws 5.4.0-1097.105 USN-5917-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1030.34~20.04.1 USN-5876-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure 5.4.0-1104.110 USN-5917-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1033.40~20.04.1 USN-5851-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.4.0-1059.65 USN-6000-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.4.0-1101.110 USN-5917-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1029.36~20.04.1 USN-5876-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke 5.4.0-1095.102 USN-5917-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke-5.15 5.15.0-1027.32~20.04.1 USN-5877-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.4.0-1065.69 USN-5917-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gkeop-5.15 5.15.0-1015.19~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-60.66~20.04.1 USN-5851-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-ibm 5.4.0-1045.50 USN-5951-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1025.30~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-iot 5.4.0-1013.15 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.4.0-1087.93 USN-5917-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.4.0-1094.103 USN-5917-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1029.35~20.04.1 USN-5851-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-raspi 5.4.0-1081.92 USN-5934-1
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv +23 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1029.33~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.4.0-1022.26 —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-aws-5.4 5.4.0-1097.105~18.04.1 USN-5917-1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-azure-5.4 5.4.0-1104.110~18.04.1 USN-5917-1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.4 5.4.0-1101.110~18.04.1 USN-5939-1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.4 5.4.0-144.161~18.04.1 USN-5917-1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.4 5.4.0-1045.50~18.04.1 USN-5951-1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.4 5.4.0-1094.103~18.04.1 USN-5917-1
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-raspi-5.4 5.4.0-1081.92~18.04.1 USN-5940-1
Show 3 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 5.4.0-1099.107+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.4.0-1104.110+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips 5.4.0-1073.82 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.4.0-1101.110+fips1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
RHEL 9 bpftool 7.0.0-284.11.1.el9_2 RHSA-2023:2458
RHEL 9 kernel-rt +14 5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2 RHSA-2023:2148
RHEL 9 perf +48 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 RHSA-2023:2458
RHEL 8 kernel-rt +12 4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8 RHSA-2023:2736
RHEL 8 perf +26 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 RHSA-2023:2951
Show 2 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Red Hat Rhev Hypervisor 4 perf +2 4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6 RHSA-2024:0724
RHEL 8.6 EUS perf +26 4.18.0-372.91.1.el8_6 RHSA-2024:0724

AlmaLinux

Errata ↗
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux 9 bpftool 7.0.0-284.11.1.el9_2 ALSA-2023:2458
AlmaLinux 9 kernel-rt +13 5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2 ALSA-2023:2148
AlmaLinux 9 perf +45 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 ALSA-2023:2458
AlmaLinux 8 kernel-rt +11 4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8 ALSA-2023:2736
AlmaLinux 8 perf +23 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 ALSA-2023:2951
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP3 kernel-azure +2 5.3.18-150300.38.83.1 SUSE-SU-2022:3897-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.3 kernel-azure +2 5.3.18-150300.38.83.1 SUSE-SU-2022:3897-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.1.10-15.42 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-070
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +12 6.1.10-15.42.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2023-070

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 bpftool 7.0.0-284.11.1.el9_2 ELSA-2023-2458
Oracle Linux 9 perf +25 5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 ELSA-2023-2458
Oracle Linux 8 perf +19 4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 ELSA-2023-2951

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