arm64: fix oops in concurrently setting insn_emulation sysctls
emulation_proc_handler() changes table->data for proc_dointvec_minmax
and can generate the following Oops if called concurrently with itself:
| Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000010
| Internal error: Oops: 96000006 [#1] SMP
| Call trace:
| update_insn_emulation_mode+0xc0/0x148
| emulation_proc_handler+0x64/0xb8
| proc_sys_call_handler+0x9c/0xf8
| proc_sys_write+0x18/0x20
| __vfs_write+0x20/0x48
| vfs_write+0xe4/0x1d0
| ksys_write+0x70/0xf8
| __arm64_sys_write+0x20/0x28
| el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x7c/0x1c0
| el0_svc_handler+0x2c/0xa0
| el0_svc+0x8/0x200
To fix this issue, keep the table->data as &insn->current_mode and
use container_of() to retrieve the insn pointer. Another mutex is
used to protect against the current_mode update but not for retrieving
insn_emulation as table->data is no longer changing.
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EUVD |
EUVD-2022-55468 | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arm64: fix oops in concurrently setting insn_emulation sysctls emulation_proc_handler() changes table->data for proc_dointvec_minmax and can generate the following Oops if called concurrently with itself: | Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000010 | Internal error: Oops: 96000006 [#1] SMP | Call trace: | update_insn_emulation_mode+0xc0/0x148 | emulation_proc_handler+0x64/0xb8 | proc_sys_call_handler+0x9c/0xf8 | proc_sys_write+0x18/0x20 | __vfs_write+0x20/0x48 | vfs_write+0xe4/0x1d0 | ksys_write+0x70/0xf8 | __arm64_sys_write+0x20/0x28 | el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x7c/0x1c0 | el0_svc_handler+0x2c/0xa0 | el0_svc+0x8/0x200 To fix this issue, keep the table->data as &insn->current_mode and use container_of() to retrieve the insn pointer. Another mutex is used to protect against the current_mode update but not for retrieving insn_emulation as table->data is no longer changing. |
Solution
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Workaround
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Wed, 19 Nov 2025 13:00:00 +0000
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| Weaknesses | CWE-476 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | |
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cvssV3_1
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Fri, 20 Jun 2025 14:15:00 +0000
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cvssV3_1
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Wed, 18 Jun 2025 11:15:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arm64: fix oops in concurrently setting insn_emulation sysctls emulation_proc_handler() changes table->data for proc_dointvec_minmax and can generate the following Oops if called concurrently with itself: | Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000010 | Internal error: Oops: 96000006 [#1] SMP | Call trace: | update_insn_emulation_mode+0xc0/0x148 | emulation_proc_handler+0x64/0xb8 | proc_sys_call_handler+0x9c/0xf8 | proc_sys_write+0x18/0x20 | __vfs_write+0x20/0x48 | vfs_write+0xe4/0x1d0 | ksys_write+0x70/0xf8 | __arm64_sys_write+0x20/0x28 | el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x7c/0x1c0 | el0_svc_handler+0x2c/0xa0 | el0_svc+0x8/0x200 To fix this issue, keep the table->data as &insn->current_mode and use container_of() to retrieve the insn pointer. Another mutex is used to protect against the current_mode update but not for retrieving insn_emulation as table->data is no longer changing. | |
| Title | arm64: fix oops in concurrently setting insn_emulation sysctls | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-06-18T11:03:46.505Z
Reserved: 2025-06-18T10:57:27.428Z
Link: CVE-2022-50206
No data.
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2025-06-18T11:15:51.390
Modified: 2025-11-19T12:45:43.787
Link: CVE-2022-50206
OpenCVE Enrichment
Updated: 2025-06-23T08:45:29Z
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