CVE-2022-49991

High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/hugetlb: avoid corrupting page->mapping in hugetlb_mcopy_atomic_pte In MCOPY_ATOMIC_CONTINUE case with a non-shared VMA, pages in the page cache are installed in the ptes. But hugepage_add_new_anon_rmap is called for them mistakenly because they're not vm_shared. This will corrupt the page->mapping used by page cache code.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedJun 18, 2025
First seenJun 18, 2025

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel5.15.65, 5.19.6 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel5.13 ≤ v < 5.15.65, 5.16 ≤ v < 5.19.6, 6.05.15.65, 5.19.6

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