{"api_version":"1","generated_at":"2026-08-31T03:39:10+00:00","cve":"CVE-2022-48943","urls":{"html":"https://cve.report/CVE-2022-48943","api":"https://cve.report/api/cve/CVE-2022-48943.json","docs":"https://cve.report/api","cve_org":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48943","nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48943"},"summary":{"title":"KVM: x86/mmu: make apf token non-zero to fix bug","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nKVM: x86/mmu: make apf token non-zero to fix bug\n\nIn current async pagefault logic, when a page is ready, KVM relies on\nkvm_arch_can_dequeue_async_page_present() to determine whether to deliver\na READY event to the Guest. This function test token value of struct\nkvm_vcpu_pv_apf_data, which must be reset to zero by Guest kernel when a\nREADY event is finished by Guest. If value is zero meaning that a READY\nevent is done, so the KVM can deliver another.\nBut the kvm_arch_setup_async_pf() may produce a valid token with zero\nvalue, which is confused with previous mention and may lead the loss of\nthis READY event.\n\nThis bug may cause task blocked forever in Guest:\n INFO: task stress:7532 blocked for more than 1254 seconds.\n       Not tainted 5.10.0 #16\n \"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs\" disables this message.\n task:stress          state:D stack:    0 pid: 7532 ppid:  1409\n flags:0x00000080\n Call Trace:\n  __schedule+0x1e7/0x650\n  schedule+0x46/0xb0\n  kvm_async_pf_task_wait_schedule+0xad/0xe0\n  ? exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x60/0x70\n  __kvm_handle_async_pf+0x4f/0xb0\n  ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x8/0x30\n  exc_page_fault+0x6f/0x110\n  ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x8/0x30\n  asm_exc_page_fault+0x1e/0x30\n RIP: 0033:0x402d00\n RSP: 002b:00007ffd31912500 EFLAGS: 00010206\n RAX: 0000000000071000 RBX: ffffffffffffffff RCX: 00000000021a32b0\n RDX: 000000000007d011 RSI: 000000000007d000 RDI: 00000000021262b0\n RBP: 00000000021262b0 R08: 0000000000000003 R09: 0000000000000086\n R10: 00000000000000eb R11: 00007fefbdf2baa0 R12: 0000000000000000\n R13: 0000000000000002 R14: 000000000007d000 R15: 0000000000001000","state":"PUBLISHED","assigner":"Linux","published_at":"2024-08-22 04:15:19","updated_at":"2026-08-04 10:17:27"},"problem_types":["NVD-CWE-noinfo"],"metrics":[{"version":"3.1","source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary","score":"7.8","severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","data":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","baseScore":7.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","attackVector":"LOCAL","attackComplexity":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"LOW","userInteraction":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","availabilityImpact":"HIGH"}},{"version":"3.1","source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","type":"Secondary","score":"7.1","severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H","data":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H","baseScore":7.1,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","attackVector":"LOCAL","attackComplexity":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","scope":"CHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"NONE","availabilityImpact":"HIGH"}},{"version":"3.1","source":"CNA","type":"DECLARED","score":"7.1","severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H","data":{"baseScore":7.1,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"}}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62040f5cd7d937de547836e747b6aa8212fec573","name":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62040f5cd7d937de547836e747b6aa8212fec573","refsource":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","tags":["Patch"],"title":"","mime":"","httpstatus":"","archivestatus":"0"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f3c1fc53d86d580d8d6d749c4af23705e4f6f79","name":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f3c1fc53d86d580d8d6d749c4af23705e4f6f79","refsource":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","tags":["Patch"],"title":"","mime":"","httpstatus":"","archivestatus":"0"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72fdfc75d4217b32363cc80def3de2cb3fef3f02","name":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72fdfc75d4217b32363cc80def3de2cb3fef3f02","refsource":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","tags":["Patch"],"title":"","mime":"","httpstatus":"","archivestatus":"0"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c3644b6c96c5daa5149e5abddc07234eea47c7c","name":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c3644b6c96c5daa5149e5abddc07234eea47c7c","refsource":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","tags":["Patch"],"title":"","mime":"","httpstatus":"","archivestatus":"0"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-48943","name":"CVE Program record","refsource":"CVE.ORG","tags":["canonical"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48943","name":"NVD vulnerability detail","refsource":"NVD","tags":["canonical","analysis"]}],"affected":[{"source":"CNA","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","version":"affected 2635b5c4a0e407b84f68e188c719f28ba0e9ae1b 72fdfc75d4217b32363cc80def3de2cb3fef3f02 git","platforms":[]},{"source":"CNA","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","version":"affected 2635b5c4a0e407b84f68e188c719f28ba0e9ae1b 4c3644b6c96c5daa5149e5abddc07234eea47c7c git","platforms":[]},{"source":"CNA","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","version":"affected 2635b5c4a0e407b84f68e188c719f28ba0e9ae1b 62040f5cd7d937de547836e747b6aa8212fec573 git","platforms":[]},{"source":"CNA","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","version":"affected 2635b5c4a0e407b84f68e188c719f28ba0e9ae1b 6f3c1fc53d86d580d8d6d749c4af23705e4f6f79 git","platforms":[]},{"source":"CNA","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","version":"affected 5.8","platforms":[]},{"source":"CNA","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","version":"unaffected 5.8 semver","platforms":[]},{"source":"CNA","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","version":"unaffected 5.10.103 5.10.* semver","platforms":[]},{"source":"CNA","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","version":"unaffected 5.15.26 5.15.* semver","platforms":[]},{"source":"CNA","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","version":"unaffected 5.16.12 5.16.* semver","platforms":[]},{"source":"CNA","vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","version":"unaffected 5.17 * original_commit_for_fix","platforms":[]}],"timeline":[],"solutions":[],"workarounds":[],"exploits":[],"credits":[],"nvd_cpes":[{"cve_year":"2022","cve_id":"48943","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"o","cpe4":"linux","cpe5":"linux_kernel","cpe6":"*","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"}],"vendor_comments":[],"enrichments":{"kev":null,"epss":null,"legacy_qids":[]},"source_records":{"cve_program":{"containers":{"adp":[{"metrics":[{"other":{"content":{"id":"CVE-2022-48943","options":[{"Exploitation":"none"},{"Automatable":"no"},{"Technical Impact":"partial"}],"role":"CISA Coordinator","timestamp":"2024-09-10T15:33:08.943998Z","version":"2.0.3"},"type":"ssvc"}}],"providerMetadata":{"dateUpdated":"2024-09-12T17:33:10.679Z","orgId":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","shortName":"CISA-ADP"},"title":"CISA ADP Vulnrichment"}],"cna":{"affected":[{"defaultStatus":"unaffected","product":"Linux","programFiles":["arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c"],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","vendor":"Linux","versions":[{"lessThan":"72fdfc75d4217b32363cc80def3de2cb3fef3f02","status":"affected","version":"2635b5c4a0e407b84f68e188c719f28ba0e9ae1b","versionType":"git"},{"lessThan":"4c3644b6c96c5daa5149e5abddc07234eea47c7c","status":"affected","version":"2635b5c4a0e407b84f68e188c719f28ba0e9ae1b","versionType":"git"},{"lessThan":"62040f5cd7d937de547836e747b6aa8212fec573","status":"affected","version":"2635b5c4a0e407b84f68e188c719f28ba0e9ae1b","versionType":"git"},{"lessThan":"6f3c1fc53d86d580d8d6d749c4af23705e4f6f79","status":"affected","version":"2635b5c4a0e407b84f68e188c719f28ba0e9ae1b","versionType":"git"}]},{"defaultStatus":"affected","product":"Linux","programFiles":["arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c"],"repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","vendor":"Linux","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"5.8"},{"lessThan":"5.8","status":"unaffected","version":"0","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*","status":"unaffected","version":"5.10.103","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*","status":"unaffected","version":"5.15.26","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"5.16.*","status":"unaffected","version":"5.16.12","versionType":"semver"},{"lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","version":"5.17","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"cpeMatch":[{"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionEndExcluding":"5.10.103","versionStartIncluding":"5.8","vulnerable":true},{"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionEndExcluding":"5.15.26","versionStartIncluding":"5.8","vulnerable":true},{"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionEndExcluding":"5.16.12","versionStartIncluding":"5.8","vulnerable":true},{"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionEndExcluding":"5.17","versionStartIncluding":"5.8","vulnerable":true}],"negate":false,"operator":"OR"}]}],"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nKVM: x86/mmu: make apf token non-zero to fix bug\n\nIn current async pagefault logic, when a page is ready, KVM relies on\nkvm_arch_can_dequeue_async_page_present() to determine whether to deliver\na READY event to the Guest. This function test token value of struct\nkvm_vcpu_pv_apf_data, which must be reset to zero by Guest kernel when a\nREADY event is finished by Guest. If value is zero meaning that a READY\nevent is done, so the KVM can deliver another.\nBut the kvm_arch_setup_async_pf() may produce a valid token with zero\nvalue, which is confused with previous mention and may lead the loss of\nthis READY event.\n\nThis bug may cause task blocked forever in Guest:\n INFO: task stress:7532 blocked for more than 1254 seconds.\n       Not tainted 5.10.0 #16\n \"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs\" disables this message.\n task:stress          state:D stack:    0 pid: 7532 ppid:  1409\n flags:0x00000080\n Call Trace:\n  __schedule+0x1e7/0x650\n  schedule+0x46/0xb0\n  kvm_async_pf_task_wait_schedule+0xad/0xe0\n  ? exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x60/0x70\n  __kvm_handle_async_pf+0x4f/0xb0\n  ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x8/0x30\n  exc_page_fault+0x6f/0x110\n  ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x8/0x30\n  asm_exc_page_fault+0x1e/0x30\n RIP: 0033:0x402d00\n RSP: 002b:00007ffd31912500 EFLAGS: 00010206\n RAX: 0000000000071000 RBX: ffffffffffffffff RCX: 00000000021a32b0\n RDX: 000000000007d011 RSI: 000000000007d000 RDI: 00000000021262b0\n RBP: 00000000021262b0 R08: 0000000000000003 R09: 0000000000000086\n R10: 00000000000000eb R11: 00007fefbdf2baa0 R12: 0000000000000000\n R13: 0000000000000002 R14: 000000000007d000 R15: 0000000000001000"}],"metrics":[{"cvssV3_1":{"baseScore":7.1,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"}}],"providerMetadata":{"dateUpdated":"2026-08-04T09:03:17.464Z","orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux"},"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72fdfc75d4217b32363cc80def3de2cb3fef3f02"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c3644b6c96c5daa5149e5abddc07234eea47c7c"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62040f5cd7d937de547836e747b6aa8212fec573"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f3c1fc53d86d580d8d6d749c4af23705e4f6f79"}],"title":"KVM: x86/mmu: make apf token non-zero to fix bug","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}},"cveMetadata":{"assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","assignerShortName":"Linux","cveId":"CVE-2022-48943","datePublished":"2024-08-22T03:30:14.027Z","dateReserved":"2024-08-22T01:27:53.623Z","dateUpdated":"2026-08-04T09:03:17.464Z","state":"PUBLISHED"},"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2"},"nvd":{"publishedDate":"2024-08-22 04:15:19","lastModifiedDate":"2026-08-04 10:17:27","problem_types":["NVD-CWE-noinfo"],"metrics":{"cvssMetricV31":[{"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","type":"Secondary","cvssData":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H","baseScore":7.1,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","attackVector":"LOCAL","attackComplexity":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"NONE","userInteraction":"NONE","scope":"CHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"NONE","integrityImpact":"NONE","availabilityImpact":"HIGH"},"exploitabilityScore":2.5,"impactScore":4},{"source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary","cvssData":{"version":"3.1","vectorString":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","baseScore":7.8,"baseSeverity":"HIGH","attackVector":"LOCAL","attackComplexity":"LOW","privilegesRequired":"LOW","userInteraction":"NONE","scope":"UNCHANGED","confidentialityImpact":"HIGH","integrityImpact":"HIGH","availabilityImpact":"HIGH"},"exploitabilityScore":1.8,"impactScore":5.9}],"ssvcV203":[{"source":"134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0","ssvcData":{"timestamp":"2024-09-10T15:33:08.943998Z","id":"CVE-2022-48943","options":[{"exploitation":"none"},{"automatable":"no"},{"technicalImpact":"partial"}],"role":"CISA Coordinator","version":"2.0.3"}}]},"configurations":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionEndExcluding":"5.10.103","matchCriteriaId":"7E2EF203-0F7F-41A9-9684-671AAD1D37A1"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.11","versionEndExcluding":"5.15.26","matchCriteriaId":"9AB342AE-A62E-4947-A6EA-511453062B2B"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.16","versionEndExcluding":"5.16.12","matchCriteriaId":"C76BAB21-7F23-4AD8-A25F-CA7B262A2698"}]}]}]},"legacy_mitre":{"record":{"CveYear":"2022","CveId":"48943","Ordinal":"1","Title":"KVM: x86/mmu: make apf token non-zero to fix bug","CVE":"CVE-2022-48943","Year":"2022"},"notes":[{"CveYear":"2022","CveId":"48943","Ordinal":"1","NoteData":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nKVM: x86/mmu: make apf token non-zero to fix bug\n\nIn current async pagefault logic, when a page is ready, KVM relies on\nkvm_arch_can_dequeue_async_page_present() to determine whether to deliver\na READY event to the Guest. This function test token value of struct\nkvm_vcpu_pv_apf_data, which must be reset to zero by Guest kernel when a\nREADY event is finished by Guest. If value is zero meaning that a READY\nevent is done, so the KVM can deliver another.\nBut the kvm_arch_setup_async_pf() may produce a valid token with zero\nvalue, which is confused with previous mention and may lead the loss of\nthis READY event.\n\nThis bug may cause task blocked forever in Guest:\n INFO: task stress:7532 blocked for more than 1254 seconds.\n       Not tainted 5.10.0 #16\n \"echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs\" disables this message.\n task:stress          state:D stack:    0 pid: 7532 ppid:  1409\n flags:0x00000080\n Call Trace:\n  __schedule+0x1e7/0x650\n  schedule+0x46/0xb0\n  kvm_async_pf_task_wait_schedule+0xad/0xe0\n  ? exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x60/0x70\n  __kvm_handle_async_pf+0x4f/0xb0\n  ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x8/0x30\n  exc_page_fault+0x6f/0x110\n  ? asm_exc_page_fault+0x8/0x30\n  asm_exc_page_fault+0x1e/0x30\n RIP: 0033:0x402d00\n RSP: 002b:00007ffd31912500 EFLAGS: 00010206\n RAX: 0000000000071000 RBX: ffffffffffffffff RCX: 00000000021a32b0\n RDX: 000000000007d011 RSI: 000000000007d000 RDI: 00000000021262b0\n RBP: 00000000021262b0 R08: 0000000000000003 R09: 0000000000000086\n R10: 00000000000000eb R11: 00007fefbdf2baa0 R12: 0000000000000000\n R13: 0000000000000002 R14: 000000000007d000 R15: 0000000000001000","Type":"Description","Title":"KVM: x86/mmu: make apf token non-zero to fix bug"}]}}}