CVE-2022-50168

bpf, x86: fix freeing of not-finalized bpf_prog_pack

State
Published
Severity
7.8 High
Published
Jun 18, 2025
Updated
Oct 15, 2026
Reserved
Jun 18, 2025

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf, x86: fix freeing of not-finalized bpf_prog_pack

syzbot reported a few issues with bpf_prog_pack [1], [2]. This only happens with multiple subprogs. In jit_subprogs(), we first call bpf_int_jit_compile() on each sub program. And then, we call it on each sub program again. jit_data is not freed in the first call of bpf_int_jit_compile(). Similarly we don't call bpf_jit_binary_pack_finalize() in the first call of bpf_int_jit_compile().

If bpf_int_jit_compile() failed for one sub program, we will call bpf_jit_binary_pack_finalize() for this sub program. However, we don't have a chance to call it for other sub programs. Then we will hit "goto out_free" in jit_subprogs(), and call bpf_jit_free on some subprograms that haven't got bpf_jit_binary_pack_finalize() yet.

At this point, bpf_jit_binary_pack_free() is called and the whole 2MB page is freed erroneously.

Fix this with a custom bpf_jit_free() for x86_64, which calls bpf_jit_binary_pack_finalize() if necessary. Also, with custom bpf_jit_free(), bpf_prog_aux->use_bpf_prog_pack is not needed any more, remove it.

[1] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=2f649ec6d2eea1495a8f [2] https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?extid=87f65c75f4a72db05445

Scores

CVSSScoreVectorSource
3.17.8 HighCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HLinux

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

ProductVersions
LinuxLinux
  • 1022a5498f6f745c3b5fd3f050a5e11e7ca354f0 to before f91ce608a79c0db3e72bd63c23e011a9ebc31505Affected
  • 1022a5498f6f745c3b5fd3f050a5e11e7ca354f0 to before 60e66074812dde9cde3d99cdd3caa9e40f1a4516Affected
  • 1022a5498f6f745c3b5fd3f050a5e11e7ca354f0 to before 1d5f82d9dd477d5c66e0214a68c3e4f308eadd6dAffected
LinuxLinux
  • 5.18Affected
  • before 5.18Not affected
  • 5.18.18 through 5.18.*Not affected
  • 5.19.2 through 5.19.*Not affected
  • 6.0 and laterNot affected

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