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CVE-2022-49955— powerpc/rtas: Fix RTAS MSR[HV] handling for Cell

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Linux Linux
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Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于powerpc rtas未正确处理MSR HV位，可能导致崩溃。

AI Predicted 5.3 Difficulty: Hard EPSS 0.21% · P11

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T1203 · Exploitation for Client Execution

Affected Version Matrix 12

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux b6b1c3ce06ca438eb24e0f45bf0e63ecad0369f5< 8b08d4f97233d8e58fff2fd9d5f86397a49733c5 affected
b6b1c3ce06ca438eb24e0f45bf0e63ecad0369f5< 91926d8b7e71aaf5f84f0cf208fc5a8b7a761050 affected
5ca40fcf0da0ce2b5bc44e7d8b036535955f2e3d affected
5f4367448f6817c8a0e94dc9736ed84fa8eee4a3 affected
c9c41f0273826a13ac93124e66a4ff45df281ba0 affected
5.15.46< 5.16 affected
5.17.14< 5.18 affected
5.18.3< 5.19 affected
… +4 more rows
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2022-49955

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Vulnerability Title
powerpc/rtas: Fix RTAS MSR[HV] handling for Cell
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc/rtas: Fix RTAS MSR[HV] handling for Cell The semi-recent changes to MSR handling when entering RTAS (firmware) cause crashes on IBM Cell machines. An example trace: kernel tried to execute user page (2fff01a8) - exploit attempt? (uid: 0) BUG: Unable to handle kernel instruction fetch Faulting instruction address: 0x2fff01a8 Oops: Kernel access of bad area, sig: 11 [#1] BE PAGE_SIZE=64K MMU=Hash SMP NR_CPUS=4 NUMA Cell Modules linked in: CPU: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G W 6.0.0-rc2-00433-gede0a8d3307a #207 NIP: 000000002fff01a8 LR: 0000000000032608 CTR: 0000000000000000 REGS: c0000000015236b0 TRAP: 0400 Tainted: G W (6.0.0-rc2-00433-gede0a8d3307a) MSR: 0000000008001002 <ME,RI> CR: 00000000 XER: 20000000 ... NIP 0x2fff01a8 LR 0x32608 Call Trace: 0xc00000000143c5f8 (unreliable) .rtas_call+0x224/0x320 .rtas_get_boot_time+0x70/0x150 .read_persistent_clock64+0x114/0x140 .read_persistent_wall_and_boot_offset+0x24/0x80 .timekeeping_init+0x40/0x29c .start_kernel+0x674/0x8f0 start_here_common+0x1c/0x50 Unlike PAPR platforms where RTAS is only used in guests, on the IBM Cell machines Linux runs with MSR[HV] set but also uses RTAS, provided by SLOF. Fix it by copying the MSR[HV] bit from the MSR value we've just read using mfmsr into the value used for RTAS. It seems like we could also fix it using an #ifdef CELL to set MSR[HV], but that doesn't work because it's possible to build a single kernel image that runs on both Cell native and pseries.
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于powerpc rtas未正确处理MSR HV位，可能导致崩溃。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
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Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

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Linux Linux b6b1c3ce06ca438eb24e0f45bf0e63ecad0369f5 ~ 8b08d4f97233d8e58fff2fd9d5f86397a49733c5 -
Linux Linux 5.19 -

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Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2025-06-18 · 362 CVEs total

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CVE-2022-50098 8.8 HIGH scsi: qla2xxx: Fix crash due to stale SRB access around I/O timeouts
CVE-2025-38052 8.8 HIGH net/tipc: fix slab-use-after-free Read in tipc_aead_encrypt_done
CVE-2022-49934 8.8 HIGH wifi: mac80211: Fix UAF in ieee80211_scan_rx()
CVE-2022-50164 8.8 HIGH wifi: iwlwifi: mvm: fix double list_add at iwl_mvm_mac_wake_tx_queue
CVE-2025-38016 8.8 HIGH HID: bpf: abort dispatch if device destroyed
CVE-2025-38074 8.8 HIGH vhost-scsi: protect vq->log_used with vq->mutex
CVE-2022-49974 8.8 HIGH HID: nintendo: fix rumble worker null pointer deref
CVE-2022-49968 8.0 HIGH ieee802154/adf7242: defer destroy_workqueue call
CVE-2022-49944 7.8 HIGH Revert "usb: typec: ucsi: add a common function ucsi_unregister_connectors()"
CVE-2022-49952 7.8 HIGH misc: fastrpc: fix memory corruption on probe
CVE-2022-50028 7.8 HIGH gadgetfs: ep_io - wait until IRQ finishes
CVE-2022-49939 7.8 HIGH binder: fix UAF of ref->proc caused by race condition
CVE-2022-49935 7.8 HIGH dma-buf/dma-resv: check if the new fence is really later
CVE-2025-38082 7.8 HIGH gpio: virtuser: fix potential out-of-bound write
CVE-2022-50182 7.8 HIGH media: imx-jpeg: Align upwards buffer size
CVE-2025-38080 7.8 HIGH drm/amd/display: Increase block_sequence array size
CVE-2025-38060 7.8 HIGH bpf: copy_verifier_state() should copy 'loop_entry' field
CVE-2025-38062 7.8 HIGH genirq/msi: Store the IOMMU IOVA directly in msi_desc instead of iommu_cookie
CVE-2022-50101 7.8 HIGH video: fbdev: vt8623fb: Check the size of screen before memset_io()

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