CVE-2022-50341
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Publication date: 2025-09-16

Last updated on: 2025-12-01

Assigner: kernel.org

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cifs: fix oops during encryption When running xfstests against Azure the following oops occurred on an arm64 system Unable to handle kernel write to read-only memory at virtual address ffff0001221cf000 Mem abort info: ESR = 0x9600004f EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits SET = 0, FnV = 0 EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 FSC = 0x0f: level 3 permission fault Data abort info: ISV = 0, ISS = 0x0000004f CM = 0, WnR = 1 swapper pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=00000000294f3000 [ffff0001221cf000] pgd=18000001ffff8003, p4d=18000001ffff8003, pud=18000001ff82e003, pmd=18000001ff71d003, pte=00600001221cf787 Internal error: Oops: 9600004f [#1] PREEMPT SMP ... pstate: 80000005 (Nzcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO BTYPE=--) pc : __memcpy+0x40/0x230 lr : scatterwalk_copychunks+0xe0/0x200 sp : ffff800014e92de0 x29: ffff800014e92de0 x28: ffff000114f9de80 x27: 0000000000000008 x26: 0000000000000008 x25: ffff800014e92e78 x24: 0000000000000008 x23: 0000000000000001 x22: 0000040000000000 x21: ffff000000000000 x20: 0000000000000001 x19: ffff0001037c4488 x18: 0000000000000014 x17: 235e1c0d6efa9661 x16: a435f9576b6edd6c x15: 0000000000000058 x14: 0000000000000001 x13: 0000000000000008 x12: ffff000114f2e590 x11: ffffffffffffffff x10: 0000040000000000 x9 : ffff8000105c3580 x8 : 2e9413b10000001a x7 : 534b4410fb86b005 x6 : 534b4410fb86b005 x5 : ffff0001221cf008 x4 : ffff0001037c4490 x3 : 0000000000000001 x2 : 0000000000000008 x1 : ffff0001037c4488 x0 : ffff0001221cf000 Call trace: __memcpy+0x40/0x230 scatterwalk_map_and_copy+0x98/0x100 crypto_ccm_encrypt+0x150/0x180 crypto_aead_encrypt+0x2c/0x40 crypt_message+0x750/0x880 smb3_init_transform_rq+0x298/0x340 smb_send_rqst.part.11+0xd8/0x180 smb_send_rqst+0x3c/0x100 compound_send_recv+0x534/0xbc0 smb2_query_info_compound+0x32c/0x440 smb2_set_ea+0x438/0x4c0 cifs_xattr_set+0x5d4/0x7c0 This is because in scatterwalk_copychunks(), we attempted to write to a buffer (@sign) that was allocated in the stack (vmalloc area) by crypt_message() and thus accessing its remaining 8 (x2) bytes ended up crossing a page boundary. To simply fix it, we could just pass @sign kmalloc'd from crypt_message() and then we're done. Luckily, we don't seem to pass any other vmalloc'd buffers in smb_rqst::rq_iov... Instead, let's map the correct pages and offsets from vmalloc buffers as well in cifs_sg_set_buf() and then avoiding such oopses.
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Published
2025-09-16
Last Modified
2025-12-01
Generated
2026-05-27
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2025-09-16
EPSS Evaluated
2026-05-25
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CVE-2022-50341
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Showing 5 associated CPEs
Vendor Product Version / Range
linux linux_kernel to 5.4.229 (exc)
linux linux_kernel From 5.5 (inc) to 5.10.163 (exc)
linux linux_kernel From 5.11 (inc) to 5.15.87 (exc)
linux linux_kernel From 5.16 (inc) to 6.0.16 (exc)
linux linux_kernel From 6.1 (inc) to 6.1.1 (exc)
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?

This vulnerability is a kernel oops in the Linux CIFS (Common Internet File System) module related to encryption. It occurs when the kernel attempts to write to a read-only memory area due to improper handling of vmalloc-allocated buffers in the scatterwalk_copychunks() function. Specifically, the code tries to write to a stack buffer that crosses a page boundary, causing a memory access fault. The fix involves correctly mapping pages and offsets from vmalloc buffers to avoid writing to invalid memory regions.


How can this vulnerability impact me? :

This vulnerability can cause the Linux kernel to crash (kernel oops) when performing encrypted CIFS operations, leading to system instability or denial of service. It may disrupt file sharing or network operations relying on CIFS encryption, especially on ARM64 systems running certain workloads like Azure xfstests.


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