---
id: CVE-2022-49341
title: 'bpf, arm64: Clear prog->jited_len along prog->jited'
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  bpf, arm64: Clear prog->jited_len along prog->jited

  syzbot reported an illegal copy_to_user() attempt
  from bpf_prog_get_info_by_fd() [1]

  There was no repro yet on thi…
severity: none
vendor: Linux
product: Linux
affected:
  - >-
    Linux >= db496944fdaaf2a67d2f60529f5dc23abf809506 <
    aaf61a312af63e1cfe2264c4c5b8cd4ea3626025
  - >-
    Linux >= db496944fdaaf2a67d2f60529f5dc23abf809506 <
    e412b3d178ea4bf746f6b8ee086761613704c6be
  - >-
    Linux >= db496944fdaaf2a67d2f60529f5dc23abf809506 <
    0cf7aaff290cdc4d7cee683d4a18138b0dacac48
  - >-
    Linux >= db496944fdaaf2a67d2f60529f5dc23abf809506 <
    3f4d5e727aeaa610688d46c9f101f78b7f712583
  - >-
    Linux >= db496944fdaaf2a67d2f60529f5dc23abf809506 <
    5c25a3040bc0486c41a7b63a1fb0de7cdb846ad7
  - >-
    Linux >= db496944fdaaf2a67d2f60529f5dc23abf809506 <
    41f7c4f85d402043687e863627a1a84fa867c62d
  - >-
    Linux >= db496944fdaaf2a67d2f60529f5dc23abf809506 <
    10f3b29c65bb2fe0d47c2945cd0b4087be1c5218
  - Linux 4.16
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-11-05T19:45:15.504758Z'
published: '2025-02-26'
updated: '2026-11-05'
sourceUpdated: '2026-11-05T19:49:38.861Z'
source: CVEORG
sourceUrl: 'https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49341'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aaf61a312af63e1cfe2264c4c5b8cd4ea3626025'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e412b3d178ea4bf746f6b8ee086761613704c6be'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0cf7aaff290cdc4d7cee683d4a18138b0dacac48'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f4d5e727aeaa610688d46c9f101f78b7f712583'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5c25a3040bc0486c41a7b63a1fb0de7cdb846ad7'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41f7c4f85d402043687e863627a1a84fa867c62d'
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10f3b29c65bb2fe0d47c2945cd0b4087be1c5218'
tags:
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00282
epssPercentile: 0.20842
ingestedAt: '2026-11-05T22:38:31.571Z'
---

## Overview

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

bpf, arm64: Clear prog->jited_len along prog->jited

syzbot reported an illegal copy_to_user() attempt
from bpf_prog_get_info_by_fd() [1]

There was no repro yet on this bug, but I think
that commit 0aef499f3172 ("mm/usercopy: Detect vmalloc overruns")
is exposing a prior bug in bpf arm64.

bpf_prog_get_info_by_fd() looks at prog->jited_len
to determine if the JIT image can be copied out to user space.

My theory is that syzbot managed to get a prog where prog->jited_len
has been set to 43, while prog->bpf_func has ben cleared.

It is not clear why copy_to_user(uinsns, NULL, ulen) is triggering
this particular warning.

I thought find_vma_area(NULL) would not find a vm_struct.
As we do not hold vmap_area_lock spinlock, it might be possible
that the found vm_struct was garbage.

[1]
usercopy: Kernel memory exposure attempt detected from vmalloc (offset 792633534417210172, size 43)!
kernel BUG at mm/usercopy.c:101!
Internal error: Oops - BUG: 0 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
Modules linked in:
CPU: 0 PID: 25002 Comm: syz-executor.1 Not tainted 5.18.0-syzkaller-10139-g8291eaafed36 #0
Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)
pstate: 60400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : usercopy_abort+0x90/0x94 mm/usercopy.c:101
lr : usercopy_abort+0x90/0x94 mm/usercopy.c:89
sp : ffff80000b773a20
x29: ffff80000b773a30 x28: faff80000b745000 x27: ffff80000b773b48
x26: 0000000000000000 x25: 000000000000002b x24: 0000000000000000
x23: 00000000000000e0 x22: ffff80000b75db67 x21: 0000000000000001
x20: 000000000000002b x19: ffff80000b75db3c x18: 00000000fffffffd
x17: 2820636f6c6c616d x16: 76206d6f72662064 x15: 6574636574656420
x14: 74706d6574746120 x13: 2129333420657a69 x12: 73202c3237313031
x11: 3237313434333533 x10: 3336323937207465 x9 : 657275736f707865
x8 : ffff80000a30c550 x7 : ffff80000b773830 x6 : ffff80000b773830
x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : ffff00007fbbaa10 x3 : 0000000000000000
x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : f7ff000028fc0000 x0 : 0000000000000064
Call trace:
 usercopy_abort+0x90/0x94 mm/usercopy.c:89
 check_heap_object mm/usercopy.c:186 [inline]
 __check_object_size mm/usercopy.c:252 [inline]
 __check_object_size+0x198/0x36c mm/usercopy.c:214
 check_object_size include/linux/thread_info.h:199 [inline]
 check_copy_size include/linux/thread_info.h:235 [inline]
 copy_to_user include/linux/uaccess.h:159 [inline]
 bpf_prog_get_info_by_fd.isra.0+0xf14/0xfdc kernel/bpf/syscall.c:3993
 bpf_obj_get_info_by_fd+0x12c/0x510 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4253
 __sys_bpf+0x900/0x2150 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:4956
 __do_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5021 [inline]
 __se_sys_bpf kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5019 [inline]
 __arm64_sys_bpf+0x28/0x40 kernel/bpf/syscall.c:5019
 __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:38 [inline]
 invoke_syscall+0x48/0x114 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:52
 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x44/0xec arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:142
 do_el0_svc+0xa0/0xc0 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:206
 el0_svc+0x44/0xb0 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:624
 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x1ac/0x1b0 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:642
 el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:581
Code: aa0003e3 d00038c0 91248000 97fff65f (d4210000)

## Affected

- `Linux >= db496944fdaaf2a67d2f60529f5dc23abf809506 < aaf61a312af63e1cfe2264c4c5b8cd4ea3626025`
- `Linux >= db496944fdaaf2a67d2f60529f5dc23abf809506 < e412b3d178ea4bf746f6b8ee086761613704c6be`
- `Linux >= db496944fdaaf2a67d2f60529f5dc23abf809506 < 0cf7aaff290cdc4d7cee683d4a18138b0dacac48`
- `Linux >= db496944fdaaf2a67d2f60529f5dc23abf809506 < 3f4d5e727aeaa610688d46c9f101f78b7f712583`
- `Linux >= db496944fdaaf2a67d2f60529f5dc23abf809506 < 5c25a3040bc0486c41a7b63a1fb0de7cdb846ad7`
- `Linux >= db496944fdaaf2a67d2f60529f5dc23abf809506 < 41f7c4f85d402043687e863627a1a84fa867c62d`
- `Linux >= db496944fdaaf2a67d2f60529f5dc23abf809506 < 10f3b29c65bb2fe0d47c2945cd0b4087be1c5218`
- `Linux 4.16`

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.
