# CVE-2022-49004: riscv: Sync efi page table's kernel mappings before switching

> A kernel panic occurs in the Linux kernel on RISC-V when switching to the EFI page table if VMAP_STACK is enabled and a new PGD is used.

- **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:** 21 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49004, GHSA-f43m-69ch-cggg, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2022-49004, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49004

## What is CVE-2022-49004?

CVE-2022-49004 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 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:

riscv: Sync efi page table's kernel mappings before switching

The EFI page table is initially created as a copy of the kernel page table.
With VMAP_STACK enabled, kernel stacks are allocated in the vmalloc area:
if the stack is allocated in a new PGD (one that was not present at the
moment of the efi page table creation or not synced in a previous vmalloc
fault), the kernel will take a trap when switching to the efi page table
when the vmalloc kernel stack is accessed, resulting in a kernel panic.

Fix that by updating the efi kernel mappings before switching to the efi
page table.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49004?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-49004?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-49004 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49004 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-49004 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-49004 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 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-2022-49004 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-2022-49004/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49004/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49004
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49004
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49004

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