{"cve":"CVE-2022-48762","nvd":{"published":"2024-06-20T12:15:14.287","modified":"2026-08-04T10:17:19.960","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\narm64: extable: fix load_unaligned_zeropad() reg indices\n\nIn ex_handler_load_unaligned_zeropad() we erroneously extract the data and\naddr register indices from ex->type rather than ex->data. As ex->type will\ncontain EX_TYPE_LOAD_UNALIGNED_ZEROPAD (i.e. 4):\n * We'll always treat X0 as the address register, since EX_DATA_REG_ADDR is\n   extracted from bits [9:5]. Thus, we may attempt to dereference an\n   arbitrary address as X0 may hold an arbitrary value.\n * We'll always treat X4 as the data register, since EX_DATA_REG_DATA is\n   extracted from bits [4:0]. Thus we will corrupt X4 and cause arbitrary\n   behaviour within load_unaligned_zeropad() and its caller.\n\nFix this by extracting both values from ex->data as originally intended.\n\nOn an MTE-enabled QEMU image we are hitting the following crash:\n Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000\n Call trace:\n  fixup_exception+0xc4/0x108\n  __do_kernel_fault+0x3c/0x268\n  do_tag_check_fault+0x3c/0x104\n  do_mem_abort+0x44/0xf4\n  el1_abort+0x40/0x64\n  el1h_64_sync_handler+0x60/0xa0\n  el1h_64_sync+0x7c/0x80\n  link_path_walk+0x150/0x344\n  path_openat+0xa0/0x7dc\n  do_filp_open+0xb8/0x168\n  do_sys_openat2+0x88/0x17c\n  __arm64_sys_openat+0x74/0xa0\n  invoke_syscall+0x48/0x148\n  el0_svc_common+0xb8/0xf8\n  do_el0_svc+0x28/0x88\n  el0_svc+0x24/0x84\n  el0t_64_sync_handler+0x88/0xec\n  el0t_64_sync+0x1b4/0x1b8\n Code: f8695a69 71007d1f 540000e0 927df12a (f940014a)","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3758a6c74e08bdc15ccccd6872a6ad37d165239a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47fe7a1c5e3e011eeb4ab79f2d54a794fdd1c3eb","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3758a6c74e08bdc15ccccd6872a6ad37d165239a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/47fe7a1c5e3e011eeb4ab79f2d54a794fdd1c3eb"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T21:52:00.836172422+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-48762","score":0.00191,"percentile":0.08818,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}