Answer in brief
CVE-2022-49771 records a Medium severity (CVSS 4.7) vulnerability in dm ioctl: fix misbehavior if list_versions races with module loading. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 4.7. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <0c8d4112df329bf3dfbf27693f918c3b08676538 || >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <6a818db0d5aecf80d4ba9e10ac153f60adc629ca || >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <3a1c35d72dc0b34d1e746ed705790c0f630aa427 || >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <b545c0e1e4094d4de2bdfe9a3823f9154b0c0005 || >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <f59f5a269ca5e43c567aca7f1f52500a0186e9b7 || >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <6ffce7a92ef5c68f7e5d6f4d722c2f96280c064b || >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <5398b8e275bf81a2517b327d216c0f37ac9ac5ae || >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <4fe1ec995483737f3d2a14c3fe1d8fe634972979 | 0c8d4112df329bf3dfbf27693f918c3b08676538, 6a818db0d5aecf80d4ba9e10ac153f60adc629ca, 3a1c35d72dc0b34d1e746ed705790c0f630aa427, b545c0e1e4094d4de2bdfe9a3823f9154b0c0005, f59f5a269ca5e43c567aca7f1f52500a0186e9b7, 6ffce7a92ef5c68f7e5d6f4d722c2f96280c064b, 5398b8e275bf81a2517b327d216c0f37ac9ac5ae, 4fe1ec995483737f3d2a14c3fe1d8fe634972979 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 2.6.12 | Not reported |
Published upstream
May 1, 2025
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Nov 5, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Nov 5, 2026
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm ioctl: fix misbehavior if list_versions races with module loading __list_versions will first estimate the required space using the "dm_target_iterate(list_version_get_needed, &needed)" call and then will fill the space using the "dm_target_iterate(list_version_get_info, &iter_info)" call. Each of these calls locks the targets using the "down_read(&_lock)" and "up_read(&_lock)" calls, however between the first and second "dm_target_iterate" there is no lock held and the target modules can be loaded at this point, so the second "dm_target_iterate" call may need more space than what was the first "dm_target_iterate" returned. The code tries to handle this overflow (see the beginning of list_version_get_info), however this handling is incorrect. The code sets "param->data_size = param->data_start + needed" and "iter_info.end = (char *)vers+len" - "needed" is the size returned by the first dm_target_iterate call; "len" is the size of the buffer allocated by userspace. "len" may be greater than "needed"; in this case, the code will write up to "len" bytes into the buffer, however param->data_size is set to "needed", so it may write data past the param->data_size value. The ioctl interface copies only up to param->data_size into userspace, thus part of the result will be truncated. Fix this bug by setting "iter_info.end = (char *)vers + needed;" - this guarantees that the second "dm_target_iterate" call will write only up to the "needed" buffer and it will exit with "DM_BUFFER_FULL_FLAG" if it overflows the "needed" space - in this case, userspace will allocate a larger buffer and retry. Note that there is also a bug in list_version_get_needed - we need to add "strlen(tt->name) + 1" to the needed size, not "strlen(tt->name)".
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