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CVE-2022-50425
published 2025-10-01

CVE-2022-50425: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/fpu: Fix copy_xstate_to_uabi() to copy init states correctly When an extended state…

PriorityP419medium5.5CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.13%
2.8th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: x86/fpu: Fix copy_xstate_to_uabi() to copy init states correctly When an extended state component is not present in fpstate, but in init state, the function copies from init_fpstate via copy_feature(). But, dynamic states are not present in init_fpstate because of all-zeros init states. Then retrieving them from init_fpstate will explode like this: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000000 ... RIP: 0010:memcpy_erms+0x6/0x10 ? __copy_xstate_to_uabi_buf+0x381/0x870 fpu_copy_guest_fpstate_to_uabi+0x28/0x80 kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl+0x14c/0x1460 [kvm] ? __this_cpu_preempt_check+0x13/0x20 ? vmx_vcpu_put+0x2e/0x260 [kvm_intel] kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0xea/0x6b0 [kvm] ? kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0xea/0x6b0 [kvm] ? __fget_light+0xd4/0x130 __x64_sys_ioctl+0xe3/0x910 ? debug_smp_processor_id+0x17/0x20 ? fpregs_assert_state_consistent+0x27/0x50 do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd Adjust the 'mask' to zero out the userspace buffer for the features that are not available both from fpstate and from init_fpstate. The dynamic features depend on the compacted XSAVE format. Ensure it is enabled before reading XCOMP_BV in init_fpstate.

Affected

9 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.0.7-1 (bookworm)linux 6.0.7-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 2308ee57d93d896618dd65c996429c9d3e469fe0 < 6ff29642fd28965a8f8d6d326ac91bf6075f31136ff29642fd28965a8f8d6d326ac91bf6075f3113
linuxlinux>= 2308ee57d93d896618dd65c996429c9d3e469fe0 < 471f0aa7fa64e23766a1473b32d9ec3f0718895a471f0aa7fa64e23766a1473b32d9ec3f0718895a
linuxlinux_kernel
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.0.7-16.0.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.0.7-16.0.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.0.7-16.0.7-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16 < 6.0.76.0.7

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.15.5MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.5MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.5MEDIUM
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