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High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Jun 18, 2025· Updated Aug 4, 2026

CVE-2022-50168

CVE-2022-50168

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

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  • Linux/Kernelllm-fuzzy3 versions
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    • (no CPE)
    • (no CPE)range: 5.18
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=5.18,<5.18.18
  • osv-coords
    Range: >= 5.18.0, < 5.18.18

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