# CVE-2022-48940: bpf: Fix crash due to incorrect copy_map_value

> A flaw in the Linux kernel BPF subsystem causes a crash when copying map values containing both spin locks and timers, leading to denial of service.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:** 22 Aug 2024
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48940, GHSA-rc9p-g2q3-x488, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48940

## What is CVE-2022-48940?

CVE-2022-48940 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 22 Aug 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:

bpf: Fix crash due to incorrect copy_map_value

When both bpf_spin_lock and bpf_timer are present in a BPF map value,
copy_map_value needs to skirt both objects when copying a value into and
out of the map. However, the current code does not set both s_off and
t_off in copy_map_value, which leads to a crash when e.g. bpf_spin_lock
is placed in map value with bpf_timer, as bpf_map_update_elem call will
be able to overwrite the other timer object.

When the issue is not fixed, an overwriting can produce the following
splat:

[root@(none) bpf]# ./test_progs -t timer_crash
[   15.930339] bpf_testmod: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
[   16.037849] ==================================================================
[   16.038458] BUG: KASAN: user-memory-access in __pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x32b/0x520
[   16.038944] Write of size 8 at addr 0000000000043ec0 by task test_progs/325
[   16.039399]
[   16.039514] CPU: 0 PID: 325 Comm: test_progs Tainted: G           OE     5.16.0+ #278
[   16.039983] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS ArchLinux 1.15.0-1 04/01/2014
[   16.040485] Call Trace:
[   16.040645]  <TASK>
[   16.040805]  dump_stack_lvl+0x59/0x73
[   16.041069]  ? __pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x32b/0x520
[   16.041427]  kasan_report.cold+0x116/0x11b
[   16.041673]  ? __pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x32b/0x520
[   16.042040]  __pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath+0x32b/0x520
[   16.042328]  ? memcpy+0x39/0x60
[   16.042552]  ? pv_hash+0xd0/0xd0
[   16.042785]  ? lockdep_hardirqs_off+0x95/0xd0
[   16.043079]  __bpf_spin_lock_irqsave+0xdf/0xf0
[   16.043366]  ? bpf_get_current_comm+0x50/0x50
[   16.043608]  ? jhash+0x11a/0x270
[   16.043848]  bpf_timer_cancel+0x34/0xe0
[   16.044119]  bpf_prog_c4ea1c0f7449940d_sys_enter+0x7c/0x81
[   16.044500]  bpf_trampoline_6442477838_0+0x36/0x1000
[   16.044836]  __x64_sys_nanosleep+0x5/0x140
[   16.045119]  do_syscall_64+0x59/0x80
[   16.045377]  ? lock_is_held_type+0xe4/0x140
[   16.045670]  ? irqentry_exit_to_user_mode+0xa/0x40
[   16.046001]  ? mark_held_locks+0x24/0x90
[   16.046287]  ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x1e/0x30
[   16.046569]  ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x8/0x30
[   16.046851]  ? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x7e/0x100
[   16.047137]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
[   16.047405] RIP: 0033:0x7f9e4831718d
[   16.047602] Code: b4 0c 00 0f 05 eb a9 66 0f 1f 44 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 48 89 f8 48 89 f7 48 89 d6 48 89 ca 4d 89 c2 4d 89 c8 4c 8b 4c 24 08 0f 05 <48> 3d 01 f0 ff ff 73 01 c3 48 8b 0d b3 6c 0c 00 f7 d8 64 89 01 48
[   16.048764] RSP: 002b:00007fff488086b8 EFLAGS: 00000206 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000023
[   16.049275] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00007f9e48683740 RCX: 00007f9e4831718d
[   16.049747] RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: 0000000000000000 RDI: 00007fff488086d0
[   16.050225] RBP: 00007fff488086f0 R08: 00007fff488085d7 R09: 00007f9e4cb594a0
[   16.050648] R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000206 R12: 00007f9e484cde30
[   16.051124] R13: 0000000000000000 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000
[   16.051608]  </TASK>
[   16.051762] ==================================================================

Weakness: CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-48940?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-48940?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-48940 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48940 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-48940 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-48940 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 22 Aug 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-2022-48940 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-2022-48940/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48940/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48940
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48940
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-48940

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