Kernel memory disclosure and crash via ring-buffer misclassification
Published Jun 20, 2024 · Updated May 11, 2026
Out-of-bounds read in the BPF ring buffer of the Linux kernel allows local users to read kernel memory or crash the system. ringbuf_map_alloc labels vmap-backed allocated pages as VM_ALLOC instead of VM_MAP, causing KASAN shadow metadata to treat the mapping incorrectly after vmap returns. Reachability requires a KASAN-enabled kernel and creation of a BPF ring-buffer map; no integrity impact is reported.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds read in the BPF ring buffer of the Linux kernel allows local users to read kernel memory or crash the system. ringbuf_map_alloc labels vmap-backed allocated pages as VM_ALLOC instead of VM_MAP, causing KASAN shadow metadata to treat the mapping incorrectly after vmap returns. Reachability requires a KASAN-enabled kernel and creation of a BPF ring-buffer map; no integrity impact is reported.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-48714
- Published
- Jun 20, 2024
- Updated
- May 11, 2026
- Vendor
- The Linux Kernel Organization
- Product
- Linux
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
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- Jun 20, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- May 11, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=457f44363a8894135c85b7a9afd2bd8196db24ab <5e457aeab52a5947619e1f18047f4d2f3212b3eb
- Affected versionversion=457f44363a8894135c85b7a9afd2bd8196db24ab <6304a613a97d6dcd49b93fbad31e9f39d1e138d6
- Affected versionversion=457f44363a8894135c85b7a9afd2bd8196db24ab <b293dcc473d22a62dc6d78de2b15e4f49515db56
- Affected versionversion=457f44363a8894135c85b7a9afd2bd8196db24ab <d578933f6226d5419af9306746efa1c693cbaf9c
- Affected versionversion=5.8
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