# CVE-2022-49341: bpf, arm64: Clear prog->jited_len along prog->jited

> A flaw in the Linux kernel's BPF subsystem on ARM64 allows an attacker to trigger a kernel memory exposure attempt via illegal copy_to_user operations.

- **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:** 26 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49341, GHSA-2c59-vh4j-7xh2, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49341

## What is CVE-2022-49341?

CVE-2022-49341 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2025. 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, arm64: Clear prog->jited_len along prog->jited

syzbot reported an illegal copy_to_user() attempt
from bpf_prog_get_info_by_fd() [1]

There was no repro yet on this bug, but I think
that commit 0aef499f3172 ("mm/usercopy: Detect vmalloc overruns")
is exposing a prior bug in bpf arm64.

bpf_prog_get_info_by_fd() looks at prog->jited_len
to determine if the JIT image can be copied out to user space.

My theory is that syzbot managed to get a prog where prog->jited_len
has been set to 43, while prog->bpf_func has ben cleared.

It is not clear why copy_to_user(uinsns, NULL, ulen) is triggering
this particular warning.

I thought find_vma_area(NULL) would not find a vm_struct.
As we do not hold vmap_area_lock spinlock, it might be possible
that the found vm_struct was garbage.

[1]
usercopy: Kernel memory exposure attempt detected from vmalloc (offset 792633534417210172, size 43)!
kernel BUG at mm/usercopy.c:101!
Internal error: Oops - BUG: 0 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 25002 Comm: syz-executor.1 Not tainted 5.18.0-syzkaller-10139-g8291eaafed36 #0
Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
pstate: 60400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : usercopy_abort+0x90/0x94 mm/usercopy.c:101
lr : usercopy_abort+0x90/0x94 mm/usercopy.c:89
sp : ffff80000b773a20
x29: ffff80000b773a30 x28: faff80000b745000 x27: ffff80000b773b48
x26: 0000000000000000 x25: 000000000000002b x24: 0000000000000000
x23: 00000000000000e0 x22: ffff80000b75db67 x21: 0000000000000001
x20: 000000000000002b x19: ffff80000b75db3c x18: 00000000fffffffd
x17: 2820636f6c6c616d x16: 76206d6f72662064 x15: 6574636574656420
x14: 74706d6574746120 x13: 2129333420657a69 x12: 73202c3237313031
x11: 3237313434333533 x10: 3336323937207465 x9 : 657275736f707865
x8 : ffff80000a30c550 x7 : ffff80000b773830 x6 : ffff80000b773830
x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : ffff00007fbbaa10 x3 : 0000000000000000
x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : f7ff000028fc0000 x0 : 0000000000000064
Call trace:
 usercopy_abort+0x90/0x94 mm/usercopy.c:89
 check_heap_object mm/usercopy.c:186 [inline]
 __check_object_size mm/usercopy.c:252 [inline]
 __check_object_size+0x198/0x36c mm/usercopy.c:214
 check_object_size include/linux/thread_info.h:199 [inline]
 check_copy_size include/linux/thread_info.h:235 [inline]
 copy_to_user include/linux/uaccess.h:159 [inline]
 bpf_prog_get_info_by_fd.isra.0+0xf14/0xfdc kernel/bpf/syscall.c:3993
 bpf_obj_get_info_by_fd+0x12c/0x510 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4253
 __sys_bpf+0x900/0x2150 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4956
 __do_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5021 [inline]
 __se_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5019 [inline]
 __arm64_sys_bpf+0x28/0x40 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5019
 __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:38 [inline]
 invoke_syscall+0x48/0x114 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:52
 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x44/0xec arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:142
 do_el0_svc+0xa0/0xc0 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:206
 el0_svc+0x44/0xb0 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:624
 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x1ac/0x1b0 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:642
 el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:581
Code: aa0003e3 d00038c0 91248000 97fff65f (d4210000)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49341?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-49341?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-49341 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49341 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [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-2022-49341 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-49341 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2025. 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-2022-49341 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-2022-49341/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49341/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49341
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49341
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49341

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