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

ftrace: Clean up hash direct_functions on register failures

We see the following GPF when register_ftrace_direct fails:

[ ] general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address \
0x200000000000010: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC PTI
[...]
[ ] RIP: 0010:ftrace_find_rec_direct+0x53/0x70
[ ] Code: 48 c1 e0 03 48 03 42 08 48 8b 10 31 c0 48 85 d2 74 [...]
[ ] RSP: 0018:ffffc9000138bc10 EFLAGS: 00010206
[ ] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffffff813e0df0 RCX: 000000000000003b
[ ] RDX: 0200000000000000 RSI: 000000000000000c RDI: ffffffff813e0df0
[ ] RBP: ffffffffa00a3000 R08: ffffffff81180ce0 R09: 0000000000000001
[ ] R10: ffffc9000138bc18 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffffffff813e0df0
[ ] R13: ffffffff813e0df0 R14: ffff888171b56400 R15: 0000000000000000
[ ] FS: 00007fa9420c7780(0000) GS:ffff888ff6a00000(0000) knlGS:000000000
[ ] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[ ] CR2: 000000000770d000 CR3: 0000000107d50003 CR4: 0000000000370ee0
[ ] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
[ ] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
[ ] Call Trace:
[ ] <TASK>
[ ] register_ftrace_direct+0x54/0x290
[ ] ? render_sigset_t+0xa0/0xa0
[ ] bpf_trampoline_update+0x3f5/0x4a0
[ ] ? 0xffffffffa00a3000
[ ] bpf_trampoline_link_prog+0xa9/0x140
[ ] bpf_tracing_prog_attach+0x1dc/0x450
[ ] bpf_raw_tracepoint_open+0x9a/0x1e0
[ ] ? find_held_lock+0x2d/0x90
[ ] ? lock_release+0x150/0x430
[ ] __sys_bpf+0xbd6/0x2700
[ ] ? lock_is_held_type+0xd8/0x130
[ ] __x64_sys_bpf+0x1c/0x20
[ ] do_syscall_64+0x3a/0x80
[ ] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
[ ] RIP: 0033:0x7fa9421defa9
[ ] Code: 00 c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 9 f8 [...]
[ ] RSP: 002b:00007ffed743bd78 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000141
[ ] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00000000069d2480 RCX: 00007fa9421defa9
[ ] RDX: 0000000000000078 RSI: 00007ffed743bd80 RDI: 0000000000000011
[ ] RBP: 00007ffed743be00 R08: 0000000000bb7270 R09: 0000000000000000
[ ] R10: 00000000069da210 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000001
[ ] R13: 00007ffed743c4b0 R14: 00000000069d2480 R15: 0000000000000001
[ ] </TASK>
[ ] Modules linked in: klp_vm(OK)
[ ] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

One way to trigger this is:
1. load a livepatch that patches kernel function xxx;
2. run bpftrace -e 'kfunc:xxx {}', this will fail (expected for now);
3. repeat #2 => gpf.

This is because the entry is added to direct_functions, but not removed.
Fix this by remove the entry from direct_functions when
register_ftrace_direct fails.

Also remove the last trailing space from ftrace.c, so we don't have to
worry about it anymore.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00054.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

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  • Linux Kernel

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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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References
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d54c15cb89a29a5f59e5ffc9ee62e6591769ef1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/805e87af946d8d2954171361e64d143ff37a441b cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82c888e51c2176a06f8b4541cf748ee81aac6e7e cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0392833a178cf109a57c2a9d4d531bdfc6cd98f cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cae2978d6907ef2c08b9b15f704e783f7c284713 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025022651-CVE-2022-49402-73ee@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49402 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49402 cve-icon
History

Thu, 08 May 2025 15:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-99
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Fri, 28 Feb 2025 14:00:00 +0000

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References
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 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Low

Wed, 26 Feb 2025 02:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ftrace: Clean up hash direct_functions on register failures We see the following GPF when register_ftrace_direct fails: [ ] general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address \ 0x200000000000010: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP DEBUG_PAGEALLOC PTI [...] [ ] RIP: 0010:ftrace_find_rec_direct+0x53/0x70 [ ] Code: 48 c1 e0 03 48 03 42 08 48 8b 10 31 c0 48 85 d2 74 [...] [ ] RSP: 0018:ffffc9000138bc10 EFLAGS: 00010206 [ ] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffffff813e0df0 RCX: 000000000000003b [ ] RDX: 0200000000000000 RSI: 000000000000000c RDI: ffffffff813e0df0 [ ] RBP: ffffffffa00a3000 R08: ffffffff81180ce0 R09: 0000000000000001 [ ] R10: ffffc9000138bc18 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffffffff813e0df0 [ ] R13: ffffffff813e0df0 R14: ffff888171b56400 R15: 0000000000000000 [ ] FS: 00007fa9420c7780(0000) GS:ffff888ff6a00000(0000) knlGS:000000000 [ ] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ ] CR2: 000000000770d000 CR3: 0000000107d50003 CR4: 0000000000370ee0 [ ] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ ] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ ] Call Trace: [ ] <TASK> [ ] register_ftrace_direct+0x54/0x290 [ ] ? render_sigset_t+0xa0/0xa0 [ ] bpf_trampoline_update+0x3f5/0x4a0 [ ] ? 0xffffffffa00a3000 [ ] bpf_trampoline_link_prog+0xa9/0x140 [ ] bpf_tracing_prog_attach+0x1dc/0x450 [ ] bpf_raw_tracepoint_open+0x9a/0x1e0 [ ] ? find_held_lock+0x2d/0x90 [ ] ? lock_release+0x150/0x430 [ ] __sys_bpf+0xbd6/0x2700 [ ] ? lock_is_held_type+0xd8/0x130 [ ] __x64_sys_bpf+0x1c/0x20 [ ] do_syscall_64+0x3a/0x80 [ ] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae [ ] RIP: 0033:0x7fa9421defa9 [ ] Code: 00 c3 66 2e 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 0f 1f 44 00 00 9 f8 [...] [ ] RSP: 002b:00007ffed743bd78 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000141 [ ] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00000000069d2480 RCX: 00007fa9421defa9 [ ] RDX: 0000000000000078 RSI: 00007ffed743bd80 RDI: 0000000000000011 [ ] RBP: 00007ffed743be00 R08: 0000000000bb7270 R09: 0000000000000000 [ ] R10: 00000000069da210 R11: 0000000000000246 R12: 0000000000000001 [ ] R13: 00007ffed743c4b0 R14: 00000000069d2480 R15: 0000000000000001 [ ] </TASK> [ ] Modules linked in: klp_vm(OK) [ ] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- One way to trigger this is: 1. load a livepatch that patches kernel function xxx; 2. run bpftrace -e 'kfunc:xxx {}', this will fail (expected for now); 3. repeat #2 => gpf. This is because the entry is added to direct_functions, but not removed. Fix this by remove the entry from direct_functions when register_ftrace_direct fails. Also remove the last trailing space from ftrace.c, so we don't have to worry about it anymore.
Title ftrace: Clean up hash direct_functions on register failures
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-05-04T08:36:54.911Z

Reserved: 2025-02-26T02:08:31.565Z

Link: CVE-2022-49402

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-02-26T07:01:16.750

Modified: 2025-02-26T07:01:16.750

Link: CVE-2022-49402

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-02-26T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-49402 - Bugzilla

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Updated: 2025-07-12T16:01:15Z