CVE-2022-50232

arm64: set UXN on swapper page tables

CVE-2022-50232 is fixed in linux on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50232, released June 18, 2025. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
5.5
medium
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0020
9th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arm64: set UXN on swapper page tables [ This issue was fixed upstream by accident in c3cee924bd85 ("arm64: head: cover entire kernel image in initial ID map") as part of a large refactoring of the arm64 boot flow. This simple fix is therefore preferred for -stable backporting ] On a system that implements FEAT_EPAN, read/write access to the idmap is denied because UXN is not set on the swapper PTEs. As a result, idmap_kpti_install_ng_mappings panics the kernel when accessing __idmap_kpti_flag. Fix it by setting UXN on these PTEs.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 5.16.7-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50232 Jun 18, 2025
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 5.16.7-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50232 Jun 18, 2025
linux · Debian 14 5.16.7-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50232 Jun 18, 2025

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