# CVE-2022-48755: powerpc64/bpf: Limit 'ldbrx' to processors compliant with ISA v2.06

> Loading specific BPF programs on older PowerPC processors causes a kernel crash due to illegal instruction usage, resulting in denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 20 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48755, GHSA-38w9-7cc9-2cwv, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48755

## What is CVE-2022-48755?

CVE-2022-48755 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 20 Jun 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

powerpc64/bpf: Limit 'ldbrx' to processors compliant with ISA v2.06

Johan reported the below crash with test_bpf on ppc64 e5500:

  test_bpf: #296 ALU_END_FROM_LE 64: 0x0123456789abcdef -> 0x67452301 jited:1
  Oops: Exception in kernel mode, sig: 4 [#1]
  BE PAGE_SIZE=4K SMP NR_CPUS=24 QEMU e500
  Modules linked in: test_bpf(+)
  CPU: 0 PID: 76 Comm: insmod Not tainted 5.14.0-03771-g98c2059e008a-dirty #1
  NIP:  8000000000061c3c LR: 80000000006dea64 CTR: 8000000000061c18
  REGS: c0000000032d3420 TRAP: 0700   Not tainted (5.14.0-03771-g98c2059e008a-dirty)
  MSR:  0000000080089000 <EE,ME>  CR: 88002822  XER: 20000000 IRQMASK: 0
  <...>
  NIP [8000000000061c3c] 0x8000000000061c3c
  LR [80000000006dea64] .__run_one+0x104/0x17c [test_bpf]
  Call Trace:
   .__run_one+0x60/0x17c [test_bpf] (unreliable)
   .test_bpf_init+0x6a8/0xdc8 [test_bpf]
   .do_one_initcall+0x6c/0x28c
   .do_init_module+0x68/0x28c
   .load_module+0x2460/0x2abc
   .__do_sys_init_module+0x120/0x18c
   .system_call_exception+0x110/0x1b8
   system_call_common+0xf0/0x210
  --- interrupt: c00 at 0x101d0acc
  <...>
  ---[ end trace 47b2bf19090bb3d0 ]---

  Illegal instruction

The illegal instruction turned out to be 'ldbrx' emitted for
BPF_FROM_[L|B]E, which was only introduced in ISA v2.06. Guard use of
the same and implement an alternative approach for older processors.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-48755?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-48755?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-48755 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48755 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-48755 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-48755 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 20 Jun 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48755 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48755/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48755/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48755
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48755
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-48755

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