PT-2025-8489 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2

Andy Nguyen + 1 · Published 2022-05-16 · Updated 2025-04-14 · CVE-2022-49556

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.1

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A kernel data leak issue has been identified in the Linux kernel, specifically in the KVM: SVM component. The issue arises when using certain sev ioctl interfaces, where the length parameter passed may be less than or equal to SEV FW BLOB MAX SIZE but larger than the data returned by PSP firmware. As a result, kmalloc allocates memory based on the input size rather than the data size, and since PSP firmware does not fully overwrite the allocated buffer, these sev ioctl interfaces may return uninitialized kernel slab memory.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Access of Uninitialized Pointer

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-824

Related Identifiers

BDU:2026-03583

CVE-2022-49556

SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1

SUSE-SU-2025:1176-1

SUSE-SU-2025:1183-1

SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1

SUSE-SU-2025_1027-1

SUSE-SU-2025_1241-1

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Linux Kernel

Suse

References · 1332

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/49xxx/CVE-2022-49556.json · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49556 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-49556 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57a01725339f9d82b099102ba2751621b1caab93 · Patch
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2026-03583 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d8fdb4b24097472ff6b3c0559448200d420b1418 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/401bef1f95de92c3a8c6eece46e02fa88d7285ee · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49556 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:1176-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bbdcc644b59e01e98c68894a9fab42b9687f42b0 · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-49556 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d22d2474e3953996f03528b84b7f52cc26a39403 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:1183-1 · Vendor Advisory