CVE catalog

CVE-2022-49520

linux: CVE-2022-49520

Severity: Medium · CVSS 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published: Jan 1, 2022, 12:00:00 AM UTC
Source: [NVD] · [CVE record]
EPSS: 0.30% · Oct 25, 2026

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arm64: compat: Do not treat syscall number as ESR_ELx for a bad syscall If a compat process tries to execute an unknown system call above the __ARM_NR_COMPAT_END number, the kernel sends a SIGILL signal to the offending process. Information about the error is printed to dmesg in compat_arm_syscall() -> arm64_notify_die() -> arm64_force_sig_fault() -> arm64_show_signal(). arm64_show_signal() interprets a non-zero value for current->thread.fault_code as an exception syndrome and displays the message associated with the ESR_ELx.EC field (bits 31:26). current->thread.fault_code is set in compat_arm_syscall() -> arm64_notify_die() with the bad syscall number instead of a valid ESR_ELx value. This means that the ESR_ELx.EC field has the value that the user set for the syscall number and the kernel can end up printing bogus exception messages*. For example, for the syscall number 0x68000000, which evaluates to ESR_ELx.EC value of 0x1A (ESR_ELx_EC_FPAC) the kernel prints this error: [ 18.349161] syscall[300]: unhandled exception: ERET/ERETAA/ERETAB, ESR 0x68000000, Oops - bad compat syscall(2) in syscall[10000+50000] [ 18.350639] CPU: 2 PID: 300 Comm: syscall Not tainted 5.18.0-rc1 #79 [ 18.351249] Hardware name: Pine64 RockPro64 v2.0 (DT) [..] which is misleading, as the bad compat syscall has nothing to do with pointer authentication. Stop arm64_show_signal() from printing exception syndrome information by having compat_arm_syscall() set the ESR_ELx value to 0, as it has no meaning for an invalid system call number. The example above now becomes: [ 19.935275] syscall[301]: unhandled exception: Oops - bad compat syscall(2) in syscall[10000+50000] [ 19.936124] CPU: 1 PID: 301 Comm: syscall Not tainted 5.18.0-rc1-00005-g7e08006d4102 #80 [ 19.936894] Hardware name: Pine64 RockPro64 v2.0 (DT) [..] which although shows less information because the syscall number, wrongfully advertised as the ESR value, is missing, it is better than showing plainly wrong information. The syscall number can be easily obtained with strace. *A 32-bit value above or equal to 0x8000_0000 is interpreted as a negative integer in compat_arm_syscal() and the condition scno < __ARM_NR_COMPAT_END evaluates to true; the syscall will exit to userspace in this case with the ENOSYS error code instead of arm64_notify_die() being called.

Vulnerable and fixed packages

Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.

Distribution	Package	Release	Version	Status
Debian	linux	sid	`7.2.12-1`	fixed
Debian	linux	forky	`7.2.12-1`	fixed
Debian	linux	trixie	`6.12.107-1`	fixed
Debian	linux	trixie-security	`6.12.113-1`	fixed
Debian	linux	bookworm	`6.1.176-1`	fixed
Debian	linux	bookworm-security	`6.1.190-1`	fixed
Cpe	linux_kernel	Not reported	`5.18.3`	fixed

Fixed-version evidence

Distribution	Package	Type	Release	Fixed version	Urgency	Origin	Bugs
Debian	linux	source	sid	`5.18.5-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	linux	source	forky	`5.18.5-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	linux	source	trixie	`5.18.5-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Debian	linux	source	bookworm	`5.18.5-1`	not yet assigned	Not reported	Not reported
Cpe	linux_kernel	cpe	Not reported	`5.18.3`	Not reported	NVD-CVE-2022-49520	Not reported

OpenFactory catalog packages

Matching against OpenFactory catalog package versions is in progress.

[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]

[bpftool]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (6)
- 7.1.0+6.1.176-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 7.1.0+6.1.176-1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 7.5.0+6.12.95-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 7.5.0+6.12.95-1~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 7.1.0+6.1.180-1 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 7.1.0+6.1.180-1 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
[hyperv-daemons]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (6)
- 6.1.176-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.176-1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.95-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.95-1~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.180-1 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.180-1 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
[intel-sdsi]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (1)
- 6.12.95-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
[libcpupower1]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (6)
- 6.1.176-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.176-1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.95-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.95-1~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.180-1 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.180-1 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
[libcpupower-dev]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (6)
- 6.1.176-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.176-1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.95-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.95-1~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.180-1 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.180-1 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
[linux-bpf-dev]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (2)
- 6.12.95-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.95-1~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
[linux-compiler-gcc-12-x86]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (2)
- 6.1.176-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.180-1 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
[linux-config-6.1]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (4)
- 6.1.176-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.176-1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.180-1 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.180-1 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
[linux-cpupower]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (6)
- 6.1.176-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.176-1 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.95-1~bpo12+1 · amd64 · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.95-1~bpo12+1 · arm64 · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.180-1 · amd64 · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.180-1 · arm64 · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
[linux-doc]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (32)
- 6.1.170-3 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.170-3 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.176-1 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.176-1 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.43-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.43-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.57-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.57-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.63-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.63-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.69-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.69-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.73-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.73-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.74-2~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.74-2~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.85-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.85-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.86-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.86-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.88-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.88-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.90-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.90-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.90-2~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.90-2~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.94-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.94-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.95-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.12.95-1~bpo12+1 · all · bookworm-backports
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.180-1 · all · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.180-1 · all · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
[linux-doc-6.1]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (6)
- 6.1.170-3 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.170-3 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.176-1 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.176-1 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.180-1 · all · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.180-1 · all · bookworm-security
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
[linux-headers-6.1.0-47-amd64]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (1)
- 6.1.170-3 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
[linux-headers-6.1.0-47-arm64]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (1)
- 6.1.170-3 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
[linux-headers-6.1.0-47-cloud-amd64]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (1)
- 6.1.170-3 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
[linux-headers-6.1.0-47-cloud-arm64]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (1)
- 6.1.170-3 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
[linux-headers-6.1.0-47-common]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (2)
- 6.1.170-3 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.170-3 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
[linux-headers-6.1.0-47-common-rt]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (2)
- 6.1.170-3 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
- 6.1.170-3 · all · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
[linux-headers-6.1.0-47-rt-amd64]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (1)
- 6.1.170-3 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
[linux-headers-6.1.0-47-rt-arm64]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (1)
- 6.1.170-3 · arm64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm
[linux-headers-6.1.0-50-amd64]Unknown
Source package: [linux]
Details (1)
- 6.1.176-1 · amd64 · bookworm
  Fixed · Fixed: 5.18.5-1
  dsa · linux · debian · bookworm

Next results

Observed: Oct 23, 2026, 6:56:59 PM UTC

References

[Debian Security Tracker] · [FIRST EPSS] · [National Vulnerability Database (NVD)] · [Red Hat security advisories and VEX] · [SUSE security advisories and VEX]