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CVE-2022-50517 — linux / linux_kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mm/huge_memory: do not clobber swp_entry_t during THP split

The following has been observed when running stressng mmap since commit b653db77350c ("mm: Clear page->private when splitting or migrating a page")

watchdog: BUG: soft lockup - CPU#75 stuck for 26s! [stress-ng:9546] CPU: 75 PID: 9546 Comm: stress-ng Tainted: G E 6.0.0-revert-b653db77-fix+ #29 0357d79b60fb09775f678e4f3f64ef0579ad1374 Hardware name: SGI.COM C2112-4GP3/X10DRT-P-Series, BIOS 2.0a 05/09/2016 RIP: 0010:xas_descend+0x28/0x80 Code: cc cc 0f b6 0e 48 8b 57 08 48 d3 ea 83 e2 3f 89 d0 48 83 c0 04 48 8b 44 c6 08 48 89 77 18 48 89 c1 83 e1 03 48 83 f9 02 75 08 <48> 3d fd 00 00 00 76 08 88 57 12 c3 cc cc cc cc 48 c1 e8 02 89 c2 RSP: 0018:ffffbbf02a2236a8 EFLAGS: 00000246 RAX: ffff9cab7d6a0002 RBX: ffffe04b0af88040 RCX: 0000000000000002 RDX: 0000000000000030 RSI: ffff9cab60509b60 RDI: ffffbbf02a2236c0 RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffff9cab60509b60 R09: ffffbbf02a2236c0 R10: 0000000000000001 R11: ffffbbf02a223698 R12: 0000000000000000 R13: ffff9cab4e28da80 R14: 0000000000039c01 R15: ffff9cab4e28da88 FS: 00007fab89b85e40(0000) GS:ffff9cea3fcc0000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007fab84e00000 CR3: 00000040b73a4003 CR4: 00000000003706e0 DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 Call Trace: <TASK> xas_load+0x3a/0x50 __filemap_get_folio+0x80/0x370 ? put_swap_page+0x163/0x360 pagecache_get_page+0x13/0x90 __try_to_reclaim_swap+0x50/0x190 scan_swap_map_slots+0x31e/0x670 get_swap_pages+0x226/0x3c0 folio_alloc_swap+0x1cc/0x240 add_to_swap+0x14/0x70 shrink_page_list+0x968/0xbc0 reclaim_page_list+0x70/0xf0 reclaim_pages+0xdd/0x120 madvise_cold_or_pageout_pte_range+0x814/0xf30 walk_pgd_range+0x637/0xa30 __walk_page_range+0x142/0x170 walk_page_range+0x146/0x170 madvise_pageout+0xb7/0x280 ? asm_common_interrupt+0x22/0x40 madvise_vma_behavior+0x3b7/0xac0 ? find_vma+0x4a/0x70 ? find_vma+0x64/0x70 ? madvise_vma_anon_name+0x40/0x40 madvise_walk_vmas+0xa6/0x130 do_madvise+0x2f4/0x360 __x64_sys_madvise+0x26/0x30 do_syscall_64+0x5b/0x80 ? do_syscall_64+0x67/0x80 ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x17/0x40 ? do_syscall_64+0x67/0x80 ? syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x17/0x40 ? do_syscall_64+0x67/0x80 ? do_syscall_64+0x67/0x80 ? common_interrupt+0x8b/0xa0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

The problem can be reproduced with the mmtests config config-workload-stressng-mmap. It does not always happen and when it triggers is variable but it has happened on multiple machines.

The intent of commit b653db77350c patch was to avoid the case where PG_private is clear but folio->private is not-NULL. However, THP tail pages uses page->private for "swp_entry_t if folio_test_swapcache()" as stated in the documentation for struct folio. This patch only clobbers page->private for tail pages if the head page was not in swapcache and warns once if page->private had an unexpected value.

Published: Oct 7, 2025
Updated: Feb 5, 2026
CVE: CVE-2022-50517
Severity: Medium
Exploit:
CISA KEV:

CVSS v3:

Severity: High
Score: 7.8
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.

Affected Software
References

Software	From	Fixed in
linux / linux_kernel	5.19.1	6.0.7
linux / linux_kernel	5.19	5.19.x
linux / linux_kernel	5.19-rc4	5.19-rc4.x
linux / linux_kernel	5.19-rc5	5.19-rc5.x
linux / linux_kernel	5.19-rc6	5.19-rc6.x
linux / linux_kernel	5.19-rc7	5.19-rc7.x
linux / linux_kernel	5.19-rc8	5.19-rc8.x
linux / linux_kernel	6.1-rc1	6.1-rc1.x

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is a Vulnerability (CVE) and why does it matter?

A security vulnerability is a weakness in software, hardware, or configuration that can be exploited to compromise confidentiality, integrity, or availability. Many vulnerabilities are tracked as CVEs (Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures), which provide a standardized identifier so teams can coordinate patching, mitigation, and risk assessment across tools and vendors.

CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System) estimates technical severity, but it doesn't automatically equal business risk. Prioritize using context like internet exposure, affected asset criticality, known exploitation (proof-of-concept or in-the-wild), and whether compensating controls exist. A "Medium" CVSS on an exposed, production system can be more urgent than a "Critical" on an isolated, non-production host.

A vulnerability is the underlying weakness. An exploit is the method or code used to take advantage of it. A zero-day is a vulnerability that is unknown to the vendor or has no publicly available fix when attackers begin using it. In practice, risk increases sharply when exploitation becomes reliable or widespread.

Recurring findings usually come from incomplete Asset Discovery, inconsistent patch management, inherited images, and configuration drift. In modern environments, you also need to watch the software supply chain: dependencies, containers, build pipelines, and third-party services can reintroduce the same weakness even after you patch a single host. Unknown or unmanaged assets (often called Shadow IT) are a common reason the same issues resurface.

Use a simple, repeatable triage model: focus first on externally exposed assets, high-value systems (identity, VPN, email, production), vulnerabilities with known exploits, and issues that enable remote code execution or privilege escalation. Then enforce patch SLAs and track progress using consistent metrics so remediation is steady, not reactive.

SynScan combines attack surface monitoring and continuous security auditing to keep your inventory current, flag high-impact vulnerabilities early, and help you turn raw findings into a practical remediation plan.