# CVE-2022-50654: bpf: Fix panic due to wrong pageattr of im->image

> A local attacker with high privileges can trigger a kernel panic by exploiting a page attribute error in BPF trampoline handling when livepatch and kretfunc coexist.

- **Severity:** Not scored
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 9 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50654, GHSA-6vvj-xcv2-hwp4, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50654

## What is CVE-2022-50654?

CVE-2022-50654 is a denial of service vulnerability in Linux, published on 9 Dec 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 panic due to wrong pageattr of im->image

In the scenario where livepatch and kretfunc coexist, the pageattr of
im->image is rox after arch_prepare_bpf_trampoline in
bpf_trampoline_update, and then modify_fentry or register_fentry returns
-EAGAIN from bpf_tramp_ftrace_ops_func, the BPF_TRAMP_F_ORIG_STACK flag
will be configured, and arch_prepare_bpf_trampoline will be re-executed.

At this time, because the pageattr of im->image is rox,
arch_prepare_bpf_trampoline will read and write im->image, which causes
a fault. as follows:

  insmod livepatch-sample.ko    # samples/livepatch/livepatch-sample.c
  bpftrace -e 'kretfunc:cmdline_proc_show {}'

BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffffffa0206000
PGD 322d067 P4D 322d067 PUD 322e063 PMD 1297e067 PTE d428061
Oops: 0003 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI
CPU: 2 PID: 270 Comm: bpftrace Tainted: G            E K    6.1.0 #5
RIP: 0010:arch_prepare_bpf_trampoline+0xed/0x8c0
RSP: 0018:ffffc90001083ad8 EFLAGS: 00010202
RAX: ffffffffa0206000 RBX: 0000000000000020 RCX: 0000000000000000
RDX: ffffffffa0206001 RSI: ffffffffa0206000 RDI: 0000000000000030
RBP: ffffc90001083b70 R08: 0000000000000066 R09: ffff88800f51b400
R10: 000000002e72c6e5 R11: 00000000d0a15080 R12: ffff8880110a68c8
R13: 0000000000000000 R14: ffff88800f51b400 R15: ffffffff814fec10
FS:  00007f87bc0dc780(0000) GS:ffff88803e600000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: ffffffffa0206000 CR3: 0000000010b70000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000
DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400
Call Trace:
<TASK>
 bpf_trampoline_update+0x25a/0x6b0
 __bpf_trampoline_link_prog+0x101/0x240
 bpf_trampoline_link_prog+0x2d/0x50
 bpf_tracing_prog_attach+0x24c/0x530
 bpf_raw_tp_link_attach+0x73/0x1d0
 __sys_bpf+0x100e/0x2570
 __x64_sys_bpf+0x1c/0x30
 do_syscall_64+0x5b/0x80
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

With this patch, when modify_fentry or register_fentry returns -EAGAIN
from bpf_tramp_ftrace_ops_func, the pageattr of im->image will be reset
to nx+rw.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50654?


## How do I fix CVE-2022-50654?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-50654 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50654 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-50654 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-50654 is a denial of service vulnerability in Linux, published on 9 Dec 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-2022-50654 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux. 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-2022-50654/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50654/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50654
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50654
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50654

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