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Linux Linux — KVM: Initialize gfn_to_pfn_cache locks in dedicated helper
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L H L N U N N H 4.7 .0012 2.1 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 982ed0de4753ed6e71dbd40f82a5a066baf133ed – —
Linux 5.17 – 6.0.8
TIMELINE
May 1 Reserved by Linux
May 1 Published (CNA: Linux)
Aug 4 RESCORED — CVE-2022-49884 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 4.7 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
KVM: Initialize gfn_to_pfn_cache locks in dedicated helper
Move the gfn_to_pfn_cache lock initialization to another helper and
call the new helper during VM/vCPU creation. There are race
conditions possible due to kvm_gfn_to_pfn_cache_init()'s
ability to re-initialize the cache's locks.
For example: a race between ioctl(KVM_XEN_HVM_EVTCHN_SEND) and
kvm_gfn_to_pfn_cache_init() leads to a corrupted shinfo gpc lock.
(thread 1) | (thread 2)
|
kvm_xen_set_evtchn_fast |
read_lock_irqsave(&gpc->lock, ...) |
| kvm_gfn_to_pfn_cache_init
| rwlock_init(&gpc->lock)
read_unlock_irqrestore(&gpc->lock, ...) |
Rename "cache_init" and "cache_destroy" to activate+deactivate to
avoid implying that the cache really is destroyed/freed.
Note, there more races in the newly named kvm_gpc_activate() that will
be addressed separately.
[sean: call out that this is a bug fix]
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| May 1, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| May 1, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| August 4, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2022-49884 (Linux). CVSS 7.8 → 4.7 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 982ed0de4753ed6e71dbd40f82a5a066baf133ed | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 5.17 | 6.0.8 |
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