# CVE-2022-49643: ima: Fix a potential integer overflow in ima\_appraise\_measurement

- Severity: CVSS 7.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-02-26 · Updated: 2026-08-05

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.4

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ima: Fix a potential integer overflow in ima_appraise_measurement When the ima-modsig is enabled, the rc passed to evm_verifyxattr() may be negative, which may cause the integer overflow problem.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/388f3df7c3c8b7f2a32b9ae0a9b2f9f6ad3b1b77
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/831e190175f10652be93b08436cc7bf2e62e4bb6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c8d5d81940938b5f6c0f495ca9538e7740416f30
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/640cea4c2839a821adfbb703b590a5928abe9286
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2ee2cfc4aa85ff6a2a3b198a3a524ec54e3d999

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