CVE-2022-49870
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-125
Out-of-bounds Read
Publication date:
01/05/2025
Last modified:
10/11/2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
capabilities: fix undefined behavior in bit shift for CAP_TO_MASK<br />
<br />
Shifting signed 32-bit value by 31 bits is undefined, so changing<br />
significant bit to unsigned. The UBSAN warning calltrace like below:<br />
<br />
UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in security/commoncap.c:1252:2<br />
left shift of 1 by 31 places cannot be represented in type &#39;int&#39;<br />
Call Trace:<br />
<br />
dump_stack_lvl+0x7d/0xa5<br />
dump_stack+0x15/0x1b<br />
ubsan_epilogue+0xe/0x4e<br />
__ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds+0x1e7/0x20c<br />
cap_task_prctl+0x561/0x6f0<br />
security_task_prctl+0x5a/0xb0<br />
__x64_sys_prctl+0x61/0x8f0<br />
do_syscall_64+0x58/0x80<br />
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd<br />
Impact
Base Score 3.x
7.10
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.6.25 (including) | 4.9.334 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.10 (including) | 4.14.300 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.15 (including) | 4.19.267 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.20 (including) | 5.4.225 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.5 (including) | 5.10.155 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.11 (including) | 5.15.79 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 5.16 (including) | 6.0.9 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/151dc8087b5609e53b069c068e3f3ee100efa586
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27bdb134c043ff32c459d98f16550d0ffa0b3c34
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46653972e3ea64f79e7f8ae3aa41a4d3fdb70a13
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5661f111a1616ac105ec8cec81bff99b60f847ac
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b79fa628e2ab789e629a83cd211ef9b4c1a593e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65b0bc7a0690861812ade523d19f82688ab819dc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dbaab08c8677d598244d21afb7818e44e1c5d826
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcbd2b336834bd24e1d9454ad5737856470c10d7



