Answer in brief
CVE-2022-49870 records a High severity (CVSS 7.1) vulnerability in capabilities: fix undefined behavior in bit shift for CAP_TO_MASK. 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 7.1. 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 |
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=e338d263a76af78fe8f38a72131188b58fceb591 <5b79fa628e2ab789e629a83cd211ef9b4c1a593e || >=e338d263a76af78fe8f38a72131188b58fceb591 <65b0bc7a0690861812ade523d19f82688ab819dc || >=e338d263a76af78fe8f38a72131188b58fceb591 <dbaab08c8677d598244d21afb7818e44e1c5d826 || >=e338d263a76af78fe8f38a72131188b58fceb591 <5661f111a1616ac105ec8cec81bff99b60f847ac || >=e338d263a76af78fe8f38a72131188b58fceb591 <fcbd2b336834bd24e1d9454ad5737856470c10d7 || >=e338d263a76af78fe8f38a72131188b58fceb591 <151dc8087b5609e53b069c068e3f3ee100efa586 || >=e338d263a76af78fe8f38a72131188b58fceb591 <27bdb134c043ff32c459d98f16550d0ffa0b3c34 || >=e338d263a76af78fe8f38a72131188b58fceb591 <46653972e3ea64f79e7f8ae3aa41a4d3fdb70a13 | 5b79fa628e2ab789e629a83cd211ef9b4c1a593e, 65b0bc7a0690861812ade523d19f82688ab819dc, dbaab08c8677d598244d21afb7818e44e1c5d826, 5661f111a1616ac105ec8cec81bff99b60f847ac, fcbd2b336834bd24e1d9454ad5737856470c10d7, 151dc8087b5609e53b069c068e3f3ee100efa586, 27bdb134c043ff32c459d98f16550d0ffa0b3c34, 46653972e3ea64f79e7f8ae3aa41a4d3fdb70a13 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 2.6.25 | 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: capabilities: fix undefined behavior in bit shift for CAP_TO_MASK Shifting signed 32-bit value by 31 bits is undefined, so changing significant bit to unsigned. The UBSAN warning calltrace like below: UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in security/commoncap.c:1252:2 left shift of 1 by 31 places cannot be represented in type 'int' Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x7d/0xa5 dump_stack+0x15/0x1b ubsan_epilogue+0xe/0x4e __ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds+0x1e7/0x20c cap_task_prctl+0x561/0x6f0 security_task_prctl+0x5a/0xb0 __x64_sys_prctl+0x61/0x8f0 do_syscall_64+0x58/0x80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd </TASK>
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