CVE-2022-48755powerpc64/bpf: Limit 'ldbrx' to processors compliant with ISA v2.06
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.21%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 89% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc64/bpf: Limit 'ldbrx' to processors compliant with ISA v2.06 Johan reported the below crash with test_bpf on ppc64 e5500: test_bpf: #296 ALU_END_FROM_LE 64: 0x0123456789abcdef -> 0x67452301 jited:1 Oops: Exception in kernel mode, sig: 4 [#1] BE PAGE_SIZE=4K SMP NR_CPUS=24 QEMU e500 Modules linked in: test_bpf(+) CPU: 0 PID: 76 Comm: insmod Not tainted 5.14.0-03771-g98c2059e008a-dirty #1 NIP: 8000000000061c3c LR: 80000000006dea64 CTR: 8000000000061c18 REGS: c0000000032d3420 TRAP: 0700 Not tainted (5.14.0-03771-g98c2059e008a-dirty) MSR: 0000000080089000 <EE,ME> CR: 88002822 XER: 20000000 IRQMASK: 0 <...> NIP [8000000000061c3c] 0x8000000000061c3c LR [80000000006dea64] .__run_one+0x104/0x17c [test_bpf] Call Trace: .__run_one+0x60/0x17c [test_bpf] (unreliable) .test_bpf_init+0x6a8/0xdc8 [test_bpf] .do_one_initcall+0x6c/0x28c .do_init_module+0x68/0x28c .load_module+0x2460/0x2abc .__do_sys_init_module+0x120/0x18c .system_call_exception+0x110/0x1b8 system_call_common+0xf0/0x210 --- interrupt: c00 at 0x101d0acc <...> ---[ end trace 47b2bf19090bb3d0 ]--- Illegal instruction The illegal instruction turned out to be 'ldbrx' emitted for BPF_FROM_[L|B]E, which was only introduced in ISA v2.06. Guard use of the same and implement an alternative approach for older processors.
Timeline
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By Linux
Published
- 23 months later
· 23 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.21% · top 89% of all CVEs (15 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
- affected 156d0e290e969caba25f1851c52417c14d141b24 – < 129c71829d7f46423d95c19e8d87ce956d4c6e1c
- affected 156d0e290e969caba25f1851c52417c14d141b24 – < 3bfbc00587dc883eaed383558ae512a351c2cd09
- affected 156d0e290e969caba25f1851c52417c14d141b24 – < aaccfeeee1630b155e8ff0d6c449d3de1ef86e73
- affected 156d0e290e969caba25f1851c52417c14d141b24 – < 3f5f766d5f7f95a69a630da3544a1a0cee1cdddf
- affected 4.8
- unaffected < 4.8
- unaffected 5.10.96 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.19 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 5.16.5 – ≤ 5.16.*
- unaffected 5.17 – ≤ *
References
References4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/129c71829d7f46423d95c19e8d87ce956d4c6e1c (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bfbc00587dc883eaed383558ae512a351c2cd09 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aaccfeeee1630b155e8ff0d6c449d3de1ef86e73 (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f5f766d5f7f95a69a630da3544a1a0cee1cdddf (opens in a new tab)x_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-53634 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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