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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 20, 2024· Updated May 4, 2025

bpf: Guard against accessing NULL pt_regs in bpf_get_task_stack()

CVE-2022-48770

Description

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

bpf: Guard against accessing NULL pt_regs in bpf_get_task_stack()

task_pt_regs() can return NULL on powerpc for kernel threads. This is then used in __bpf_get_stack() to check for user mode, resulting in a kernel oops. Guard against this by checking return value of task_pt_regs() before trying to obtain the call chain.

Affected products

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Patches

0

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