CVE-2022-50497

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read
Publication date:
04/10/2025
Last modified:
22/01/2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br /> <br /> binfmt_misc: fix shift-out-of-bounds in check_special_flags<br /> <br /> UBSAN reported a shift-out-of-bounds warning:<br /> <br /> left shift of 1 by 31 places cannot be represented in type &amp;#39;int&amp;#39;<br /> Call Trace:<br /> <br /> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:88 [inline]<br /> dump_stack_lvl+0x8d/0xcf lib/dump_stack.c:106<br /> ubsan_epilogue+0xa/0x44 lib/ubsan.c:151<br /> __ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds+0x1e7/0x208 lib/ubsan.c:322<br /> check_special_flags fs/binfmt_misc.c:241 [inline]<br /> create_entry fs/binfmt_misc.c:456 [inline]<br /> bm_register_write+0x9d3/0xa20 fs/binfmt_misc.c:654<br /> vfs_write+0x11e/0x580 fs/read_write.c:582<br /> ksys_write+0xcf/0x120 fs/read_write.c:637<br /> do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]<br /> do_syscall_64+0x34/0x80 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80<br /> entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd<br /> RIP: 0033:0x4194e1<br /> <br /> Since the type of Node&amp;#39;s flags is unsigned long, we should define these<br /> macros with same type too.

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 2.6.12.1 (including) 4.9.337 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.10 (including) 4.14.303 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.15 (including) 4.19.270 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 4.20 (including) 5.4.229 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.5 (including) 5.10.163 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.11 (including) 5.15.86 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.16 (including) 6.0.16 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.1 (including) 6.1.2 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*