# CVE-2022-48714: bpf: Use VM\_MAP instead of VM\_ALLOC for ringbuf

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-06-20 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.8

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Use VM_MAP instead of VM_ALLOC for ringbuf After commit 2fd3fb0be1d1 ("kasan, vmalloc: unpoison VM_ALLOC pages after mapping"), non-VM_ALLOC mappings will be marked as accessible in __get_vm_area_node() when KASAN is enabled. But now the flag for ringbuf area is VM_ALLOC, so KASAN will complain out-of-bound access after vmap() returns. Because the ringbuf area is created by mapping allocated pages, so use VM_MAP instead. After the change, info in /proc/vmallocinfo also changes from [start]-[end] 24576 ringbuf_map_alloc+0x171/0x290 vmalloc user to [start]-[end] 24576 ringbuf_map_alloc+0x171/0x290 vmap user

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6304a613a97d6dcd49b93fbad31e9f39d1e138d6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e457aeab52a5947619e1f18047f4d2f3212b3eb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d578933f6226d5419af9306746efa1c693cbaf9c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b293dcc473d22a62dc6d78de2b15e4f49515db56

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