# CVE-2022-49744: mm/uffd: fix pte marker when fork() without fork event

> A flaw in the Linux kernel's userfaultfd implementation allows corrupted page reads or crashes during fork operations, potentially leading to denial of service or information disclosure.

- **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:** 27 Mar 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49744, GHSA-crf3-p565-96vh, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49744

## What is CVE-2022-49744?

CVE-2022-49744 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Mar 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:

mm/uffd: fix pte marker when fork() without fork event

Patch series "mm: Fixes on pte markers".

Patch 1 resolves the syzkiller report from Pengfei.

Patch 2 further harden pte markers when used with the recent swapin error
markers.  The major case is we should persist a swapin error marker after
fork(), so child shouldn't read a corrupted page.

This patch (of 2):

When fork(), dst_vma is not guaranteed to have VM_UFFD_WP even if src may
have it and has pte marker installed.  The warning is improper along with
the comment.  The right thing is to inherit the pte marker when needed, or
keep the dst pte empty.

A vague guess is this happened by an accident when there's the prior patch
to introduce src/dst vma into this helper during the uffd-wp feature got
developed and I probably messed up in the rebase, since if we replace
dst_vma with src_vma the warning & comment it all makes sense too.

Hugetlb did exactly the right here (copy_hugetlb_page_range()).  Fix the
general path.

Reproducer:

https://github.com/xupengfe/syzkaller_logs/blob/main/221208_115556_copy_page_range/repro.c

Bugzilla report: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=216808

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49744?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-49744?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-49744 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49744 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-49744 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-49744 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 27 Mar 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-2022-49744 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-2022-49744/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49744/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49744
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49744
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49744

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