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CVE-2022-49353· NVD / CVE Program· CNA Linux

powerpc/papr_scm: don't requests stats with '0' sized stats buffer

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/papr_scm: don't requests stats with '0' sized stats buffer Sachin reported [1] that on a POWER-10 lpar he is seeing a kernel panic being reported with vPMEM when papr_scm probe is being called. The panic is of the form below and is observed only with following option disabled(profile) for the said LPAR 'Enable Performance Information Collection' in the HMC: Kernel attempted to write user page (1c) - exploit attempt? (uid: 0) BUG: Kernel NULL pointer dereference on write at 0x0000001c Faulting instruction address: 0xc008000001b90844 Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1] <snip> NIP [c008000001b90844] drc_pmem_query_stats+0x5c/0x270 [papr_scm] LR [c008000001b92794] papr_scm_probe+0x2ac/0x6ec [papr_scm] Call Trace: 0xc00000000941bca0 (unreliable) papr_scm_probe+0x2ac/0x6ec [papr_scm] platform_probe+0x98/0x150 really_probe+0xfc/0x510 __driver_probe_device+0x17c/0x230 <snip> ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- Kernel panic - not syncing: Fatal exception On investigation looks like this panic was caused due to a 'stat_buffer' of size==0 being provided to drc_pmem_query_stats() to fetch all performance stats-ids of an NVDIMM. However drc_pmem_query_stats() shouldn't have been called since the vPMEM NVDIMM doesn't support and performance stat-id's. This was caused due to missing check for 'p->stat_buffer_len' at the beginning of papr_scm_pmu_check_events() which indicates that the NVDIMM doesn't support performance-stats. Fix this by introducing the check for 'p->stat_buffer_len' at the beginning of papr_scm_pmu_check_events(). [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/6B3A522A-6A5F-4CC9-B268-0C63AA6E07D3@linux.ibm.com

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Feb 26, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 12th percentile
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Action score

22

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Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical impact
partial

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Affected systems

VendorProduct
linuxlinux kernel

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernel5.18.3

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • b073096df4dec70d0436321b7093bad27ae91f9e and later · before e1295aab2ebcda1c1a9ed342baedc080e5c393e5affected · git
    • 0e0946e22f3665d27325d389ff45ade6e93f3678 and later · before 07bf9431b1590d1cd7a8d62075d0b50b073f0495affected · git
    • 5.18.3 and later · before 5.18.4affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
AlmaLinux:9kernelbefore 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_75.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64kbefore 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_75.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-corebefore 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_75.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debugbefore 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_75.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-corebefore 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_75.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-develbefore 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_75.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel-matchedbefore 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_75.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modulesbefore 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_75.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-corebefore 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_75.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-extrabefore 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_75.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-develbefore 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_75.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-devel-matchedbefore 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_75.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modulesbefore 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_75.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-corebefore 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_75.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-extrabefore 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_75.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux:9kernel-abi-stablelistsbefore 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_75.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux:9kernel-corebefore 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_75.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux:9kernel-cross-headersbefore 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_75.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debugbefore 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_75.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-corebefore 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_75.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-develbefore 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_75.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-devel-matchedbefore 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_75.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modulesbefore 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_75.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules-corebefore 5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_75.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7

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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux07bf9431b1590d1cd7a8d62075d0b50b073f0495Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux5.18.4Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxe1295aab2ebcda1c1a9ed342baedc080e5c393e5Vendor (CNA)
almalinux:kernel5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 · AlmaLinux:9Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:kernel-64k5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 · AlmaLinux:9Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:kernel-64k-core5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 · AlmaLinux:9Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:kernel-64k-debug5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 · AlmaLinux:9Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:kernel-64k-debug-core5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 · AlmaLinux:9Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:kernel-64k-debug-devel5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 · AlmaLinux:9Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 · AlmaLinux:9Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:kernel-64k-debug-modules5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 · AlmaLinux:9Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:kernel-64k-debug-modules-core5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 · AlmaLinux:9Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 · AlmaLinux:9Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:kernel-64k-devel5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 · AlmaLinux:9Package registry (OSV)
almalinux:kernel-64k-devel-matched5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 · AlmaLinux:9Package registry (OSV)
debian:linux5.18.5-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)
red hat:kernel-64k-debug-debuginfo0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:kernel-64k-debug-devel0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:kernel-64k-debuginfo0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:kernel-64k-devel0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:kernel-64k-devel-matched0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:kernel-debug-debuginfo0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:kernel-debug-devel0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:kernel-debug-devel-matched0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:kernel-debuginfo0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:kernel-debuginfo-common-aarch640:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
red hat:kernel-debuginfo-common-ppc64le0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 · Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstreamPackage registry (OSV)
rocky linux:kernel0:5.14.0-611.5.1.el9_7 · Rocky Linux:9Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

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Change log

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References

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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