CVE-2022-50851 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2022-50851
Vulnerability Scoring

Analysis In Progress
Analysis In Progress

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity:
    Attack Complexity Analysis In Progress
  • Attack Vector:
    Attack Vector Under Analysis
  • Privileges Required: None
    No authentication is required for exploitation.
  • Scope:
    Impact is confined to the initially vulnerable component.
  • User Interaction: None
    No user interaction is necessary for exploitation.

CVE-2022-50851 Details

Status: Awaiting Analysis

Last updated: 🕣 31 Dec 2025, 20:43 UTC
Originally published on: 🕐 30 Dec 2025, 13:15 UTC

Time between publication and last update: 1 days

CVSS Release:

CVE-2022-50851 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2022-50851: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vhost_vdpa: fix the crash in unmap a large memory While testing in vIOMMU, sometimes Guest will unmap very large memory, which will cause the crash. To fix this, add a new function vhost_vdpa_general_unmap(). This function will only unmap the memory that saved in iotlb. Call Trace: [ 647.820144] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 647.820848] kernel BUG at drivers/iommu/intel/iommu.c:1174! [ 647.821486] invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI [ 647.822082] CPU: 10 PID: 1181 Comm: qemu-system-x86 Not tainted 6.0.0-rc1home_lulu_2452_lulu7_vhost+ #62 [ 647.823139] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS rel-1.15.0-29-g6a62e0cb0dfe-prebuilt.qem4 [ 647.824365] RIP: 0010:domain_unmap+0x48/0x110 [ 647.825424] Code: 48 89 fb 8d 4c f6 1e 39 c1 0f 4f c8 83 e9 0c 83 f9 3f 7f 18 48 89 e8 48 d3 e8 48 85 c0 75 59 [ 647.828064] RSP: 0018:ffffae5340c0bbf0 EFLAGS: 00010202 [ 647.828973] RAX: 0000000000000001 RBX: ffff921793d10540 RCX: 000000000000001b [ 647.830083] RDX: 00000000080000ff RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: ffff921793d10540 [ 647.831214] RBP: 0000000007fc0100 R08: ffffae5340c0bcd0 R09: 0000000000000003 [ 647.832388] R10: 0000007fc0100000 R11: 0000000000100000 R12: 00000000080000ff [ 647.833668] R13: ffffae5340c0bcd0 R14: ffff921793d10590 R15: 0000008000100000 [ 647.834782] FS: 00007f772ec90640(0000) GS:ffff921ce7a80000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 647.836004] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 647.836990] CR2: 00007f02c27a3a20 CR3: 0000000101b0c006 CR4: 0000000000372ee0 [ 647.838107] DR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000 [ 647.839283] DR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400 [ 647.840666] Call Trace: [ 647.841437] <TASK> [ 647.842107] intel_iommu_unmap_pages+0x93/0x140 [ 647.843112] __iommu_unmap+0x91/0x1b0 [ 647.844003] iommu_unmap+0x6a/0x95 [ 647.844885] vhost_vdpa_unmap+0x1de/0x1f0 [vhost_vdpa] [ 647.845985] vhost_vdpa_process_iotlb_msg+0xf0/0x90b [vhost_vdpa] [ 647.847235] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x15/0x30 [ 647.848181] ? _copy_from_iter+0x8c/0x580 [ 647.849137] vhost_chr_write_iter+0xb3/0x430 [vhost] [ 647.850126] vfs_write+0x1e4/0x3a0 [ 647.850897] ksys_write+0x53/0xd0 [ 647.851688] do_syscall_64+0x3a/0x90 [ 647.852508] entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd [ 647.853457] RIP: 0033:0x7f7734ef9f4f [ 647.854408] Code: 89 54 24 18 48 89 74 24 10 89 7c 24 08 e8 29 76 f8 ff 48 8b 54 24 18 48 8b 74 24 10 41 89 c8 [ 647.857217] RSP: 002b:00007f772ec8f040 EFLAGS: 00000293 ORIG_RAX: 0000000000000001 [ 647.858486] RAX: ffffffffffffffda RBX: 00000000fef00000 RCX: 00007f7734ef9f4f [ 647.859713] RDX: 0000000000000048 RSI: 00007f772ec8f090 RDI: 0000000000000010 [ 647.860942] RBP: 00007f772ec8f1a0 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: 0000000000000000 [ 647.862206] R10: 0000000000000001 R11: 0000000000000293 R12: 0000000000000010 [ 647.863446] R13: 0000000000000002 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: ffffffff01100000 [ 647.864692] </TASK> [ 647.865458] Modules linked in: rpcsec_gss_krb5 auth_rpcgss nfsv4 dns_resolver nfs lockd grace fscache netfs v] [ 647.874688] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2022-50851

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2022-50851 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2022-50851

No exploitability data is available for CVE-2022-50851.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2022-50851, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2022-50851, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

  • Confidentiality: None
    CVE-2022-50851 does not compromise confidentiality.
  • Integrity: None
    CVE-2022-50851 does not impact data integrity.
  • Availability: None
    CVE-2022-50851 does not affect system availability.

CVE-2022-50851 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

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