{"cve":"CVE-2022-49788","nvd":{"published":"2025-05-01T15:16:02.027","modified":"2026-06-17T05:19:08.930","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmisc/vmw_vmci: fix an infoleak in vmci_host_do_receive_datagram()\n\n`struct vmci_event_qp` allocated by qp_notify_peer() contains padding,\nwhich may carry uninitialized data to the userspace, as observed by\nKMSAN:\n\n  BUG: KMSAN: kernel-infoleak in instrument_copy_to_user ./include/linux/instrumented.h:121\n   instrument_copy_to_user ./include/linux/instrumented.h:121\n   _copy_to_user+0x5f/0xb0 lib/usercopy.c:33\n   copy_to_user ./include/linux/uaccess.h:169\n   vmci_host_do_receive_datagram drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c:431\n   vmci_host_unlocked_ioctl+0x33d/0x43d0 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c:925\n   vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51\n  ...\n\n  Uninit was stored to memory at:\n   kmemdup+0x74/0xb0 mm/util.c:131\n   dg_dispatch_as_host drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_datagram.c:271\n   vmci_datagram_dispatch+0x4f8/0xfc0 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_datagram.c:339\n   qp_notify_peer+0x19a/0x290 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1479\n   qp_broker_attach drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1662\n   qp_broker_alloc+0x2977/0x2f30 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1750\n   vmci_qp_broker_alloc+0x96/0xd0 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1940\n   vmci_host_do_alloc_queuepair drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c:488\n   vmci_host_unlocked_ioctl+0x24fd/0x43d0 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_host.c:927\n  ...\n\n  Local variable ev created at:\n   qp_notify_peer+0x54/0x290 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1456\n   qp_broker_attach drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1662\n   qp_broker_alloc+0x2977/0x2f30 drivers/misc/vmw_vmci/vmci_queue_pair.c:1750\n\n  Bytes 28-31 of 48 are uninitialized\n  Memory access of size 48 starts at ffff888035155e00\n  Data copied to user address 0000000020000100\n\nUse memset() to prevent the infoleaks.\n\nAlso speculatively fix qp_notify_peer_local(), which may suffer from the\nsame problem.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-908"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a275528025ae4bc7e2232866856dfebf84b2fad","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62634b43d3c4e1bf62fd540196f7081bf0885c0a","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/76c50d77b928a33e5290aaa9fdc10e88254ff8c7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ccf7229b96fadc3a185d1391f814a604c7ef609","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e2f33c598370bcf828bab4d667d1d38bcd3c57d"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:01:22.920403922+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-49788","score":0.00234,"percentile":0.1436,"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."]}