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high 7.8

CVE-2022-49044 json

dm integrity: fix memory corruption when tag_size is less than digest size

published 2025-02-26 20 mo ago modified 2026-08-13 2 mo ago also EUVD-2022-55159

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 20%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

dm integrity: fix memory corruption when tag_size is less than digest size

It is possible to set up dm-integrity in such a way that the "tag_size" parameter is less than the actual digest size. In this situation, a part of the digest beyond tag_size is ignored.

In this case, dm-integrity would write beyond the end of the ic->recalc_tags array and corrupt memory. The corruption happened in integrity_recalc->integrity_sector_checksum->crypto_shash_final.

Fix this corruption by increasing the tags array so that it has enough padding at the end to accomodate the loop in integrity_recalc() being able to write a full digest size for the last member of the tags array.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 4.19.240, 5.4.190, 5.10.112, 5.15.35, 5.17.4, 5.18
  • linux Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 5.17.6-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49044

  • linux Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-122.138
  • linux Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-37.39
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1081.88
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1011.14
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1084.92
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1008.12
  • linux-gke Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 5.15.0-1008.10
  • linux-ibm Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 5.4.0-1029.33

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49044

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  • kernel RHEL 8 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8
  • perf RHEL 8 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8
  • bpftool RHEL 8 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8
  • kernel-core RHEL 8 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8
  • kernel-tools RHEL 8 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8
  • python3-perf RHEL 8 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8
  • kernel-modules RHEL 8 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8
  • kernel-zfcpdump RHEL 8 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8

red hat advisories RHSA-2022:7683RHSA-2022:5249RHSA-2022:5564

  • kernel-64kb SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS, Enterprise Storage 7.1 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1
  • kernel-syms SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS +1 more 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1
  • kernel-source SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS +1 more 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1
  • kernel-default SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.2 +5 more 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1
  • kernel-preempt SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS +1 more 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1
  • kernel-obs-build SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS +1 more 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1
  • kernel-default-base SLES for SAP 15 SP3, SLES 15 SP3-LTSS, SLE Micro 5.2 +3 more 5.3.18-150300.59.201.1.150300.18.120.1
  • kernel-64kb SLES 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS, SLE High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS 5.14.21-150500.55.100.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:01600-1SUSE-SU-2025:1263-1SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1SUSE-SU-2025:1194-1SUSE-SU-2025:1183-1SUSE-SU-2025:1176-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-49044 updated cvss 7.3

kernel: dm integrity: fix memory corruption when tag_size is less than digest size

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 kernel-rt, kernel-rt-kvm, kernel-rt-core, kernel-rt-modules, kernel-rt-debug-kvm, kernel-rt-debug-core, +6 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 kernel-rt, kernel-rt-kvm, kernel-rt-core, kernel-rt-modules, kernel-rt-debug-kvm, kernel-rt-debug-core, +12 more
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:7683
  • Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder (v. 9) kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-70.17.1.el9_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-70.17.1.el9_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 5.14.0-70.17.1.el9_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 5.14.0-70.17.1.el9_0 Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) perf 5.14.0-70.17.1.el9_0, kernel-devel-matched 5.14.0-70.17.1.el9_0, kernel-debug-devel-matched 5.14.0-70.17.1.el9_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-s390x 5.14.0-70.17.1.el9_0, kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched 5.14.0-70.17.1.el9_0, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 5.14.0-70.17.1.el9_0, +2 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:5249
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) perf 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8, kernel 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8, bpftool 4.18.0-425.3.1.el8, perf 4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6, kernel 4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6, bpftool 4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6, +36 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:5564
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) kernel 5.14.0-70.17.1.el9_0, bpftool 5.14.0-70.17.1.el9_0, kernel-core 5.14.0-70.17.1.el9_0, kernel-tools 5.14.0-70.17.1.el9_0, python3-perf 5.14.0-70.17.1.el9_0, kernel-modules 5.14.0-70.17.1.el9_0, +14 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:5249
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch64 4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le 4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6 Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 8 perf 4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6, kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 4.18.0-372.16.1.el8_6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:5564
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

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Exploit prediction

0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 20% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

Classification

Weakness
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References

Sources

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