{"id":"CVE-2022-49567","state":"PUBLISHED","title":"mm/mempolicy: fix uninit-value in mpol_rebind_policy()","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm/mempolicy: fix uninit-value in mpol_rebind_policy()\n\nmpol_set_nodemask()(mm/mempolicy.c) does not set up nodemask when\npol->mode is MPOL_LOCAL.  Check pol->mode before access\npol->w.cpuset_mems_allowed in mpol_rebind_policy()(mm/mempolicy.c).\n\nBUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in mpol_rebind_policy mm/mempolicy.c:352 [inline]\nBUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in mpol_rebind_task+0x2ac/0x2c0 mm/mempolicy.c:368\n mpol_rebind_policy mm/mempolicy.c:352 [inline]\n mpol_rebind_task+0x2ac/0x2c0 mm/mempolicy.c:368\n cpuset_change_task_nodemask kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c:1711 [inline]\n cpuset_attach+0x787/0x15e0 kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c:2278\n cgroup_migrate_execute+0x1023/0x1d20 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:2515\n cgroup_migrate kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:2771 [inline]\n cgroup_attach_task+0x540/0x8b0 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:2804\n __cgroup1_procs_write+0x5cc/0x7a0 kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c:520\n cgroup1_tasks_write+0x94/0xb0 kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c:539\n cgroup_file_write+0x4c2/0x9e0 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:3852\n kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x66a/0x9f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:296\n call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2162 [inline]\n new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:503 [inline]\n vfs_write+0x1318/0x2030 fs/read_write.c:590\n ksys_write+0x28b/0x510 fs/read_write.c:643\n __do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:655 [inline]\n __se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:652 [inline]\n __x64_sys_write+0xdb/0x120 fs/read_write.c:652\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0x54/0xd0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:82\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae\n\nUninit was created at:\n slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slab.h:524 [inline]\n slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3251 [inline]\n slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3259 [inline]\n kmem_cache_alloc+0x902/0x11c0 mm/slub.c:3264\n mpol_new mm/mempolicy.c:293 [inline]\n do_set_mempolicy+0x421/0xb70 mm/mempolicy.c:853\n kernel_set_mempolicy mm/mempolicy.c:1504 [inline]\n __do_sys_set_mempolicy mm/mempolicy.c:1510 [inline]\n __se_sys_set_mempolicy+0x44c/0xb60 mm/mempolicy.c:1507\n __x64_sys_set_mempolicy+0xd8/0x110 mm/mempolicy.c:1507\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0x54/0xd0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:82\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae\n\nKMSAN: uninit-value in mpol_rebind_task (2)\nhttps://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=d6eb90f952c2a5de9ea718a1b873c55cb13b59dc\n\nThis patch seems to fix below bug too.\nKMSAN: uninit-value in mpol_rebind_mm (2)\nhttps://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=f2fecd0d7013f54ec4162f60743a2b28df40926b\n\nThe uninit-value is pol->w.cpuset_mems_allowed in mpol_rebind_policy().\nWhen syzkaller reproducer runs to the beginning of mpol_new(),\n\n\t    mpol_new() mm/mempolicy.c\n\t  do_mbind() mm/mempolicy.c\n\tkernel_mbind() mm/mempolicy.c\n\n`mode` is 1(MPOL_PREFERRED), nodes_empty(*nodes) is `true` and `flags`\nis 0. Then\n\n\tmode = MPOL_LOCAL;\n\t...\n\tpolicy->mode = mode;\n\tpolicy->flags = flags;\n\nwill be executed. So in mpol_set_nodemask(),\n\n\t    mpol_set_nodemask() mm/mempolicy.c\n\t  do_mbind()\n\tkernel_mbind()\n\npol->mode is 4 (MPOL_LOCAL), that `nodemask` in `pol` is not initialized,\nwhich will be accessed in mpol_rebind_policy().","publishedAt":"2025-02-26T02:23:12.222Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-11T19:02:26.927Z","severity":{"score":5.5,"label":"Medium","version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","source":"CISA-ADP"},"assigner":"Linux","products":["Linux Linux"],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"7858d7bca7fbbbbd5b940d2ec371b2d060b21b84","status":"affected","lessThan":"8c5429a04ccd8dbcc3c753dab2f4126774ec28d4","versionType":"git"},{"version":"7858d7bca7fbbbbd5b940d2ec371b2d060b21b84","status":"affected","lessThan":"777e563f10e91e91130fe06bee85220d508e7b9b","versionType":"git"},{"version":"7858d7bca7fbbbbd5b940d2ec371b2d060b21b84","status":"affected","lessThan":"018160ad314d75b1409129b2247b614a9f35894c","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["mm/mempolicy.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"5.14","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"5.14","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.58","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.18.15","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"5.18.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.19","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["mm/mempolicy.c"]}],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c5429a04ccd8dbcc3c753dab2f4126774ec28d4","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/777e563f10e91e91130fe06bee85220d508e7b9b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/018160ad314d75b1409129b2247b614a9f35894c"],"weaknesses":["CWE-908"],"ingestedAt":"2026-10-29T20:05:26.763Z","source":{"repository":"CVEProject/cvelistV5","path":"cves/2022/49xxx/CVE-2022-49567.json","commit":"556c9d3a8cd17e218bb8e452ba7cd619a384ff47"},"raw":{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2022-49567","state":"PUBLISHED","datePublished":"2025-02-26T02:23:12.222Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:02:26.927Z","assignerShortName":"Linux","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateReserved":"2025-02-26T02:21:30.410Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"title":"mm/mempolicy: fix uninit-value in mpol_rebind_policy()","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmm/mempolicy: fix uninit-value in mpol_rebind_policy()\n\nmpol_set_nodemask()(mm/mempolicy.c) does not set up nodemask when\npol->mode is MPOL_LOCAL.  Check pol->mode before access\npol->w.cpuset_mems_allowed in mpol_rebind_policy()(mm/mempolicy.c).\n\nBUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in mpol_rebind_policy mm/mempolicy.c:352 [inline]\nBUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in mpol_rebind_task+0x2ac/0x2c0 mm/mempolicy.c:368\n mpol_rebind_policy mm/mempolicy.c:352 [inline]\n mpol_rebind_task+0x2ac/0x2c0 mm/mempolicy.c:368\n cpuset_change_task_nodemask kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c:1711 [inline]\n cpuset_attach+0x787/0x15e0 kernel/cgroup/cpuset.c:2278\n cgroup_migrate_execute+0x1023/0x1d20 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:2515\n cgroup_migrate kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:2771 [inline]\n cgroup_attach_task+0x540/0x8b0 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:2804\n __cgroup1_procs_write+0x5cc/0x7a0 kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c:520\n cgroup1_tasks_write+0x94/0xb0 kernel/cgroup/cgroup-v1.c:539\n cgroup_file_write+0x4c2/0x9e0 kernel/cgroup/cgroup.c:3852\n kernfs_fop_write_iter+0x66a/0x9f0 fs/kernfs/file.c:296\n call_write_iter include/linux/fs.h:2162 [inline]\n new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:503 [inline]\n vfs_write+0x1318/0x2030 fs/read_write.c:590\n ksys_write+0x28b/0x510 fs/read_write.c:643\n __do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:655 [inline]\n __se_sys_write fs/read_write.c:652 [inline]\n __x64_sys_write+0xdb/0x120 fs/read_write.c:652\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0x54/0xd0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:82\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae\n\nUninit was created at:\n slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slab.h:524 [inline]\n slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:3251 [inline]\n slab_alloc mm/slub.c:3259 [inline]\n kmem_cache_alloc+0x902/0x11c0 mm/slub.c:3264\n mpol_new mm/mempolicy.c:293 [inline]\n do_set_mempolicy+0x421/0xb70 mm/mempolicy.c:853\n kernel_set_mempolicy mm/mempolicy.c:1504 [inline]\n __do_sys_set_mempolicy mm/mempolicy.c:1510 [inline]\n __se_sys_set_mempolicy+0x44c/0xb60 mm/mempolicy.c:1507\n __x64_sys_set_mempolicy+0xd8/0x110 mm/mempolicy.c:1507\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:51 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0x54/0xd0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:82\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae\n\nKMSAN: uninit-value in mpol_rebind_task (2)\nhttps://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=d6eb90f952c2a5de9ea718a1b873c55cb13b59dc\n\nThis patch seems to fix below bug too.\nKMSAN: uninit-value in mpol_rebind_mm (2)\nhttps://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=f2fecd0d7013f54ec4162f60743a2b28df40926b\n\nThe uninit-value is pol->w.cpuset_mems_allowed in mpol_rebind_policy().\nWhen syzkaller reproducer runs to the beginning of mpol_new(),\n\n\t    mpol_new() mm/mempolicy.c\n\t  do_mbind() mm/mempolicy.c\n\tkernel_mbind() mm/mempolicy.c\n\n`mode` is 1(MPOL_PREFERRED), nodes_empty(*nodes) is `true` and `flags`\nis 0. Then\n\n\tmode = MPOL_LOCAL;\n\t...\n\tpolicy->mode = mode;\n\tpolicy->flags = flags;\n\nwill be executed. So in mpol_set_nodemask(),\n\n\t    mpol_set_nodemask() mm/mempolicy.c\n\t  do_mbind()\n\tkernel_mbind()\n\npol->mode is 4 (MPOL_LOCAL), that `nodemask` in `pol` is not initialized,\nwhich will be accessed in mpol_rebind_policy()."}],"affected":[{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","versions":[{"version":"7858d7bca7fbbbbd5b940d2ec371b2d060b21b84","status":"affected","lessThan":"8c5429a04ccd8dbcc3c753dab2f4126774ec28d4","versionType":"git"},{"version":"7858d7bca7fbbbbd5b940d2ec371b2d060b21b84","status":"affected","lessThan":"777e563f10e91e91130fe06bee85220d508e7b9b","versionType":"git"},{"version":"7858d7bca7fbbbbd5b940d2ec371b2d060b21b84","status":"affected","lessThan":"018160ad314d75b1409129b2247b614a9f35894c","versionType":"git"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["mm/mempolicy.c"]},{"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","versions":[{"version":"5.14","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","lessThan":"5.14","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.15.58","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.18.15","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"5.18.*","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"5.19","status":"unaffected","lessThanOrEqual":"*","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["mm/mempolicy.c"]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c5429a04ccd8dbcc3c753dab2f4126774ec28d4"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/777e563f10e91e91130fe06bee85220d508e7b9b"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/018160ad314d75b1409129b2247b614a9f35894c"}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"Linux","orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:02:26.927Z"},"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.14","versionEndExcluding":"5.15.58"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.14","versionEndExcluding":"5.18.15"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.14","versionEndExcluding":"5.19"}]}]}],"x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}},"adp":[{"title":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment","metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"scope":"UNCHANGED","version":"3.1","baseScore":5.5,"attackVector":"LOCAL","baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","integrityImpact":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","attackComplexity":"LOW","availabilityImpact":"HIGH","privilegesRequired":"LOW","confidentialityImpact":"NONE"}},{"other":{"type":"ssvc","content":{"id":"CVE-2022-49567","role":"CISA Coordinator","options":[{"Exploitation":"none"},{"Automatable":"no"},{"Technical Impact":"partial"}],"version":"2.0.3","timestamp":"2025-10-01T19:36:59.497396Z"}}}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"cweId":"CWE-908","lang":"en","type":"CWE","description":"CWE-908 Use of Uninitialized Resource"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"shortName":"CISA-ADP","orgId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","dateUpdated":"2025-10-01T19:46:37.965Z"}}]}}}