# CVE-2022-49289: uaccess: fix integer overflow on access\_ok()

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-02-26 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.2

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: uaccess: fix integer overflow on access_ok() Three architectures check the end of a user access against the address limit without taking a possible overflow into account. Passing a negative length or another overflow in here returns success when it should not. Use the most common correct implementation here, which optimizes for a constant 'size' argument, and turns the common case into a single comparison.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e65d28d4e9bf90a35ba79c06661a572a38391dec
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99801e2f457824955da4aadaa035913a6dede03a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a1ad747fc1a0e06d1bf26b996ee8a56b5c8d02d8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/222ca305c9fd39e5ed8104da25c09b2b79a516a8

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