5.5

CVE-2022-48755: powerpc64/bpf: Limit 'ldbrx' to processors compliant with ISA v2.06

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-48755DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48755
Published 20-06-2024Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-48755 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.21%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 3
SUSE-SU-2024:2372-1SUSE-SU-2024:2394-1SUSE-SU-2024:2939-1

Timeline

  1. 20-06-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: powerpc64/bpf: Limit 'ldbrx' to processors compliant with ISA v2.06 Johan reported the below crash with test_bpf on ppc64 e5500: test_bpf: #296 ALU_END_FROM_LE 64: 0x0123456789abcdef -> 0x67452301 jited:1 Oops: Exception in kernel mode, sig: 4 [#1] BE PAGE_SIZE=4K SMP NR_CPUS=24 QEMU e500 Modules linked in: test_bpf(+) CPU: 0 PID: 76 Comm: insmod Not tainted 5.14.0-03771-g98c2059e008a-dirty #1 NIP: 8000000000061c3c LR: 80000000006dea64 CTR: 8000000000061c18 REGS: c0000000032d3420 TRAP: 0700 Not tainted (5.14.0-03771-g98c2059e008a-dirty) MSR: 0000000080089000 <EE,ME> CR: 88002822 XER: 20000000 IRQMASK: 0 <...> NIP [8000000000061c3c] 0x8000000000061c3c LR [80000000006dea64] .__run_one+0x104/0x17c [test_bpf] Call Trace: .__run_one+0x60/0x17c [test_bpf] (unreliable) .test_bpf_init+0x6a8/0xdc8 [test_bpf] .do_one_initcall+0x6c/0x28c .do_init_module+0x68/0x28c .load_module+0x2460/0x2abc .__do_sys_init_module+0x120/0x18c .system_call_exception+0x110/0x1b8 system_call_common+0xf0/0x210 --- interrupt: c00 at 0x101d0acc <...> ---[ end trace 47b2bf19090bb3d0 ]--- Illegal instruction The illegal instruction turned out to be 'ldbrx' emitted for BPF_FROM_[L|B]E, which was only introduced in ISA v2.06. Guard use of the same and implement an alternative approach for older processors.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

11%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.21% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu89 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 156d0e290e969caba25f1851c52417c14d141b24, < 129c71829d7f46423d95c19e8d87ce956d4c6e1c | ≥ 156d0e290e969caba25f1851c52417c14d141b24, < 3bfbc00587dc883eaed383558ae512a351c2cd09 | ≥ 156d0e290e969caba25f1851c52417c14d141b24, < aaccfeeee1630b155e8ff0d6c449d3de1ef86e73 | ≥ 156d0e290e969caba25f1851c52417c14d141b24, < 3f5f766d5f7f95a69a630da3544a1a0cee1cdddf | 4.8
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.8, < 5.10.96 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.19 | ≥ 5.16, < 5.16.5 | 5.17:rc1
Debian1 product
  • linux< 5.16.7-1

3 vendors · 92 products

References

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