CVE-2022-50553
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing/hist: Fix out-of-bound write on 'action_data.var_ref_idx' When generate a synthetic event with many params and then create a trace action for it [1], kernel panic happened [2]. It is because that in trace_action_create() 'data->n_params' is up to SYNTH_FIELDS_MAX (current value is 64), and array 'data->var_ref_idx' keeps indices into array 'hist_data->var_refs' for each synthetic event param, but the length of 'data->var_ref_idx' is TRACING_MAP_VARS_MAX (current value is 16), so out-of-bound write happened when 'data->n_params' more than 16. In this case, 'data->match_data.event' is overwritten and eventually cause the panic. To solve the issue, adjust the length of 'data->var_ref_idx' to be SYNTH_FIELDS_MAX and add sanity checks to avoid out-of-bound write. [1] # cd /sys/kernel/tracing/ # echo "my_synth_event int v1; int v2; int v3; int v4; int v5; int v6;\ int v7; int v8; int v9; int v10; int v11; int v12; int v13; int v14;\ int v15; int v16; int v17; int v18; int v19; int v20; int v21; int v22;\ int v23; int v24; int v25; int v26; int v27; int v28; int v29; int v30;\ int v31; int v32; int v33; int v34; int v35; int v36; int v37; int v38;\ int v39; int v40; int v41; int v42; int v43; int v44; int v45; int v46;\ int v47; int v48; int v49; int v50; int v51; int v52; int v53; int v54;\ int v55; int v56; int v57; int v58; int v59; int v60; int v61; int v62;\ int v63" >> synthetic_events # echo 'hist:keys=pid:ts0=common_timestamp.usecs if comm=="bash"' >> \ events/sched/sched_waking/trigger # echo "hist:keys=next_pid:onmatch(sched.sched_waking).my_synth_event(\ pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,\ pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,\ pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,\ pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid)" >> events/sched/sched_switch/trigger [2] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffff91c900000000 PGD 61001067 P4D 61001067 PUD 0 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI CPU: 2 PID: 322 Comm: bash Tainted: G W 6.1.0-rc8+ #229 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.15.0-0-g2dd4b9b3f840-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:strcmp+0xc/0x30 Code: 75 f7 31 d2 44 0f b6 04 16 44 88 04 11 48 83 c2 01 45 84 c0 75 ee c3 cc cc cc cc 0f 1f 00 31 c0 eb 08 48 83 c0 01 84 d2 74 13 <0f> b6 14 07 3a 14 06 74 ef 19 c0 83 c8 01 c3 cc cc cc cc 31 c3 RSP: 0018:ffff9b3b00f53c48 EFLAGS: 00000246 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffffffba958a68 RCX: 0000000000000000 RDX: 0000000000000010 RSI: ffff91c943d33a90 RDI: ffff91c900000000 RBP: ffff91c900000000 R08: 00000018d604b529 R09: 0000000000000000 R10: ffff91c9483eddb1 R11: ffff91ca483eddab R12: ffff91c946171580 R13: ffff91c9479f0538 R14: ffff91c9457c2848 R15: ffff91c9479f0538 FS: 00007f1d1cfbe740(0000) GS:ffff91c9bdc80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: ffff91c900000000 CR3: 0000000006316000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 Call Trace: <TASK> __find_event_file+0x55/0x90 action_create+0x76c/0x1060 event_hist_trigger_parse+0x146d/0x2060 ? event_trigger_write+0x31/0xd0 trigger_process_regex+0xbb/0x110 event_trigger_write+0x6b/0xd0 vfs_write+0xc8/0x3e0 ? alloc_fd+0xc0/0x160 ? preempt_count_add+0x4d/0xa0 ? preempt_count_add+0x70/0xa0 ksys_write+0x5f/0xe0 do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd RIP: 0033:0x7f1d1d0cf077 Code: 64 89 02 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff eb bb 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 f3 0f 1e fa 64 8b 04 25 18 00 00 00 85 c0 75 10 b8 01 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00 f0 ff ff 77 51 c3 48 83 ec 28 48 89 54 24 18 48 89 74 RSP: 002b:00007ffcebb0e568 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001 RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000143 RCX: 00007f1d1d0cf077 RDX: 0000000000000143 RSI: 00005639265aa7e0 RDI: 0000000000000001 RBP: 00005639265aa7e0 R08: 000000000000000a R09: 0000000000000142 R ---truncated---
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"id": "CVE-2022-50553",
"sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
"published": "2025-10-07T16:15:42.920",
"lastModified": "2026-11-05T21:17:05.467",
"vulnStatus": "Analyzed",
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntracing/hist: Fix out-of-bound write on 'action_data.var_ref_idx'\n\nWhen generate a synthetic event with many params and then create a trace\naction for it [1], kernel panic happened [2].\n\nIt is because that in trace_action_create() 'data->n_params' is up to\nSYNTH_FIELDS_MAX (current value is 64), and array 'data->var_ref_idx'\nkeeps indices into array 'hist_data->var_refs' for each synthetic event\nparam, but the length of 'data->var_ref_idx' is TRACING_MAP_VARS_MAX\n(current value is 16), so out-of-bound write happened when 'data->n_params'\nmore than 16. In this case, 'data->match_data.event' is overwritten and\neventually cause the panic.\n\nTo solve the issue, adjust the length of 'data->var_ref_idx' to be\nSYNTH_FIELDS_MAX and add sanity checks to avoid out-of-bound write.\n\n[1]\n # cd /sys/kernel/tracing/\n # echo \"my_synth_event int v1; int v2; int v3; int v4; int v5; int v6;\\\nint v7; int v8; int v9; int v10; int v11; int v12; int v13; int v14;\\\nint v15; int v16; int v17; int v18; int v19; int v20; int v21; int v22;\\\nint v23; int v24; int v25; int v26; int v27; int v28; int v29; int v30;\\\nint v31; int v32; int v33; int v34; int v35; int v36; int v37; int v38;\\\nint v39; int v40; int v41; int v42; int v43; int v44; int v45; int v46;\\\nint v47; int v48; int v49; int v50; int v51; int v52; int v53; int v54;\\\nint v55; int v56; int v57; int v58; int v59; int v60; int v61; int v62;\\\nint v63\" >> synthetic_events\n # echo 'hist:keys=pid:ts0=common_timestamp.usecs if comm==\"bash\"' >> \\\nevents/sched/sched_waking/trigger\n # echo \"hist:keys=next_pid:onmatch(sched.sched_waking).my_synth_event(\\\npid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,\\\npid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,\\\npid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,\\\npid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid,pid)\" >> events/sched/sched_switch/trigger\n\n[2]\nBUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffff91c900000000\nPGD 61001067 P4D 61001067 PUD 0\nOops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP NOPTI\nCPU: 2 PID: 322 Comm: bash Tainted: G W 6.1.0-rc8+ #229\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS\nrel-1.15.0-0-g2dd4b9b3f840-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014\nRIP: 0010:strcmp+0xc/0x30\nCode: 75 f7 31 d2 44 0f b6 04 16 44 88 04 11 48 83 c2 01 45 84 c0 75 ee\nc3 cc cc cc cc 0f 1f 00 31 c0 eb 08 48 83 c0 01 84 d2 74 13 <0f> b6 14\n07 3a 14 06 74 ef 19 c0 83 c8 01 c3 cc cc cc cc 31 c3\nRSP: 0018:ffff9b3b00f53c48 EFLAGS: 00000246\nRAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffffffba958a68 RCX: 0000000000000000\nRDX: 0000000000000010 RSI: ffff91c943d33a90 RDI: ffff91c900000000\nRBP: ffff91c900000000 R08: 00000018d604b529 R09: 0000000000000000\nR10: ffff91c9483eddb1 R11: ffff91ca483eddab R12: ffff91c946171580\nR13: ffff91c9479f0538 R14: ffff91c9457c2848 R15: ffff91c9479f0538\nFS: 00007f1d1cfbe740(0000) GS:ffff91c9bdc80000(0000)\nknlGS:0000000000000000\nCS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: ffff91c900000000 CR3: 0000000006316000 CR4: 00000000000006e0\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n __find_event_file+0x55/0x90\n action_create+0x76c/0x1060\n event_hist_trigger_parse+0x146d/0x2060\n ? event_trigger_write+0x31/0xd0\n trigger_process_regex+0xbb/0x110\n event_trigger_write+0x6b/0xd0\n vfs_write+0xc8/0x3e0\n ? alloc_fd+0xc0/0x160\n ? preempt_count_add+0x4d/0xa0\n ? preempt_count_add+0x70/0xa0\n ksys_write+0x5f/0xe0\n do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd\nRIP: 0033:0x7f1d1d0cf077\nCode: 64 89 02 48 c7 c0 ff ff ff ff eb bb 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 f3 0f 1e\nfa 64 8b 04 25 18 00 00 00 85 c0 75 10 b8 01 00 00 00 0f 05 <48> 3d 00\nf0 ff ff 77 51 c3 48 83 ec 28 48 89 54 24 18 48 89 74\nRSP: 002b:00007ffcebb0e568 EFLAGS: 00000246 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001\nRAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 0000000000000143 RCX: 00007f1d1d0cf077\nRDX: 0000000000000143 RSI: 00005639265aa7e0 RDI: 0000000000000001\nRBP: 00005639265aa7e0 R08: 000000000000000a R09: 0000000000000142\nR\n---truncated---"
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