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CVE-2022-49991 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/hugetlb: avoid corrupting page->mapping in hugetlb_mcopy_atomic_pte In MCOPY_ATOMIC_CONTINUE case with a non-shared VMA, pages in the page cache are installed in the ptes. But hugepage_add_new_anon_rmap is called for them mistakenly because they're not vm_shared. This will corrupt the page->mapping used by page cache code.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ada1b3e58db255a14ec73a59d7913e84dc5a8a4 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab74ef708dc51df7cf2b8a890b9c6990fac5c0c6 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da60ddd80d09f8371fbba1a238a4b318d13ba698 kernel.org

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2022-49991
NVD Published Date:
06/18/2025
NVD Last Modified:
06/18/2025
Source:
kernel.org