# CVE-2022-49552: bpf: Fix combination of jit blinding and pointers to bpf subprogs.

> A flaw in Linux kernel BPF JIT blinding allows attackers to trigger a page fault and potential code execution via crafted BPF programs.

- **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:** AZL-68687, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49552, GHSA-hg9m-frc8-4qpx, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2022-49552, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49552

## What is CVE-2022-49552?

CVE-2022-49552 is a medium-severity memory corruption 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: Fix combination of jit blinding and pointers to bpf subprogs.

The combination of jit blinding and pointers to bpf subprogs causes:
[   36.989548] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: 0000000100000001
[   36.990342] #PF: supervisor instruction fetch in kernel mode
[   36.990968] #PF: error_code(0x0010) - not-present page
[   36.994859] RIP: 0010:0x100000001
[   36.995209] Code: Unable to access opcode bytes at RIP 0xffffffd7.
[   37.004091] Call Trace:
[   37.004351]  <TASK>
[   37.004576]  ? bpf_loop+0x4d/0x70
[   37.004932]  ? bpf_prog_3899083f75e4c5de_F+0xe3/0x13b

The jit blinding logic didn't recognize that ld_imm64 with an address
of bpf subprogram is a special instruction and proceeded to randomize it.
By itself it wouldn't have been an issue, but jit_subprogs() logic
relies on two step process to JIT all subprogs and then JIT them
again when addresses of all subprogs are known.
Blinding process in the first JIT phase caused second JIT to miss
adjustment of special ld_imm64.

Fix this issue by ignoring special ld_imm64 instructions that don't have
user controlled constants and shouldn't be blinded.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49552?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-49552?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-49552 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49552 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-2022-49552 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-49552 is a medium-severity memory corruption 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-2022-49552 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-2022-49552/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49552/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49552
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49552
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49552

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49552/
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