CVE-2022-49885

ACPI: APEI: Fix integer overflow in ghes_estatus_pool_init()

Medium · published May 1, 2025

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
12.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

ACPI: APEI: Fix integer overflow in ghes_estatus_pool_init()

Change num_ghes from int to unsigned int, preventing an overflow

and causing subsequent vmalloc() to fail.

The overflow happens in ghes_estatus_pool_init() when calculating

len during execution of the statement below as both multiplication

operands here are signed int:

len += (num_ghes * GHES_ESOURCE_PREALLOC_MAX_SIZE);

The following call trace is observed because of this bug:

[ 9.317108] swapper/0: vmalloc error: size 18446744071562596352, exceeds total pages, mode:0xcc0(GFP_KERNEL), nodemask=(null),cpuset=/,mems_allowed=0-1

[ 9.317131] Call Trace:

[ 9.317134] <TASK>

[ 9.317137] dump_stack_lvl+0x49/0x5f

[ 9.317145] dump_stack+0x10/0x12

[ 9.317146] warn_alloc.cold+0x7b/0xdf

[ 9.317150] ? __device_attach+0x16a/0x1b0

[ 9.317155] __vmalloc_node_range+0x702/0x740

[ 9.317160] ? device_add+0x17f/0x920

[ 9.317164] ? dev_set_name+0x53/0x70

[ 9.317166] ? platform_device_add+0xf9/0x240

[ 9.317168] __vmalloc_node+0x49/0x50

[ 9.317170] ? ghes_estatus_pool_init+0x43/0xa0

[ 9.317176] vmalloc+0x21/0x30

[ 9.317177] ghes_estatus_pool_init+0x43/0xa0

[ 9.317179] acpi_hest_init+0x129/0x19c

[ 9.317185] acpi_init+0x434/0x4a4

[ 9.317188] ? acpi_sleep_proc_init+0x2a/0x2a

[ 9.317190] do_one_initcall+0x48/0x200

[ 9.317195] kernel_init_freeable+0x221/0x284

[ 9.317200] ? rest_init+0xe0/0xe0

[ 9.317204] kernel_init+0x1a/0x130

[ 9.317205] ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30

[ 9.317208] </TASK>

[ rjw: Subject and changelog edits ]

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00223 · 12.2th percentile
Published
2025-05-01T14:10Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 MAY 14:10Z
    ACPI: APEI: Fix integer overflow in ghes_estatus_pool_init()
    cvelistv5