Public vulnerability disclosure

CVE-2022-49993

loop: Check for overflow while configuring loop

published

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: loop: Check for overflow while configuring loop The userspace can configure a loop using an ioctl call, wherein a configuration of type loop_config is passed (see lo_ioctl()'s case on line 1550 of drivers/block/loop.c). This proceeds to call loop_configure() which in turn calls loop_set_status_from_info() (see line 1050 of loop.c), passing &config->info which is of type loop_info64*. This function then sets the appropriate values, like the offset. loop_device has lo_offset of type loff_t (see line 52 of loop.c), which is typdef-chained to long long, whereas loop_info64 has lo_offset of type __u64 (see line 56 of include/uapi/linux/loop.h). The function directly copies offset from info to the device as follows (See line 980 of loop.c): lo->lo_offset = info->lo_offset; This results in an overflow, which triggers a warning in iomap_iter() due to a call to iomap_iter_done() which has: WARN_ON_ONCE(iter->iomap.offset > iter->pos); Thus, check for negative value during loop_set_status_from_info(). Bug report: https://syzkaller.appspot.com/bug?id=c620fe14aac810396d3c3edc9ad73848bf69a29e

Technical severityUnscoredNo score in collected sources
Published2025-06-18Source updated 2026-11-05
Collected2026-11-052 attributed sources

Fixes and workarounds

No remediation reported in collected sources.

Missing remediation information is not evidence that no patch exists.

Affected products and versions

Affected products, source version ranges and reporting authorities
ProductVersionsAuthority
Linux
Linux
≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2; < 18e28817cb516b39de6281f6db9b0618b2cc7b42 (affected, git)
≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2; < adf0112d9b8acb03485624220b4934f69bf13369 (affected, git)
≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2; < a217715338fd48f72114725aa7a40e484a781ca7 (affected, git)
≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2; < b40877b8562c5720d0a7fce20729f56b75a3dede (affected, git)
≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2; < 6858933131d0dadac071c4d33335a9ea4b8e76cf (affected, git)
≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2; < 0455bef69028c65065f16bb04635591b2374249b (affected, git)
≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2; < 9be7fa7ead18a48940df7b59d993bbc8b9055c15 (affected, git)
≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2; < c490a0b5a4f36da3918181a8acdc6991d967c5f3 (affected, git)
Other versions: unaffected
CNA: Linux
Linux
Linux
2.6.12 (affected)
≥ 0; < 2.6.12 (unaffected, semver)
≥ 4.9.327; ≤ 4.9.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 4.14.292; ≤ 4.14.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 4.19.312; ≤ 4.19.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 5.4.274; ≤ 5.4.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 5.10.140; ≤ 5.10.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 5.15.64; ≤ 5.15.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 5.19.6; ≤ 5.19.* (unaffected, semver)
≥ 6.0; ≤ * (unaffected, original_commit_for_fix)
Other versions: affected
CNA: Linux

Version ranges are source assertions. Check the vendor advisory and your installed configuration before determining exposure.

CVSS assessments

No CVSS assessment reported. An unscored record is not a low-severity determination.

Exploit evidence

No exploit evidence in collected sources. This is not proof of no exploitation.

References

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