An issue was discovered in include/asm-generic/tlb.h in the Linux kernel before 5.19.
Priority LOW 21CWE-362Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 17 fixed, 2 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
An issue was discovered in include/asm-generic/tlb.h in the Linux kernel before 5.19. Because of a race condition (unmap_mapping_range versus munmap), a device driver can free a page while it still has stale TLB entries. This only occurs in situations with VM_PFNMAP VMAs.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00246 15th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 7 advisoriesRed Hat: 17 fixed, 2 without a fix
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
Red Hat 7 advisories
- RHSA-2023:4801 Released 2023-08-29 · Red Hat rating Importantkernel security and bug fix update
- Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.0) kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-70.70.1.el9_0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.0) kernel-debug-devel-5.14.0-70.70.1.el9_0, kernel-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-70.70.1.el9_0, kernel-devel-5.14.0-70.70.1.el9_0 +5
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0) bpftool-5.14.0-70.70.1.el9_0, kernel-5.14.0-70.70.1.el9_0, kernel-abi-stablelists-5.14.0-70.70.1.el9_0 +14
- RHSA-2023:4814 Released 2023-08-29 · Red Hat rating Importantkernel-rt security and bug fix update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time EUS (v.9.0) kernel-rt-5.14.0-70.70.1.rt21.141.el9_0, kernel-rt-core-5.14.0-70.70.1.rt21.141.el9_0, kernel-rt-debug-5.14.0-70.70.1.rt21.141.el9_0 +7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV EUS (v.9.0) kernel-rt-5.14.0-70.70.1.rt21.141.el9_0, kernel-rt-core-5.14.0-70.70.1.rt21.141.el9_0, kernel-rt-debug-5.14.0-70.70.1.rt21.141.el9_0 +9
- RHSA-2023:3388 Released 2023-05-31 · Red Hat rating Importantkernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.8.6) kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-372.57.1.el8_6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6) bpftool-4.18.0-372.57.1.el8_6, kernel-4.18.0-372.57.1.el8_6, kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-372.57.1.el8_6 +19
- Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 8 kernel-devel-4.18.0-372.57.1.el8_6, perf-4.18.0-372.57.1.el8_6
Show 4 more Red Hat advisories
- RHSA-2023:2951 Released 2023-05-16 · Red Hat rating Importantkernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) bpftool-4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8, kernel-4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8, kernel-abi-stablelists-4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 +19
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) kernel-tools-libs-devel-4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8
- RHSA-2023:2736 Released 2023-05-16 · Red Hat rating Importantkernel-rt security and bug fix update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 8) kernel-rt-4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8, kernel-rt-core-4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8, kernel-rt-debug-4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8 +9
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 8) kernel-rt-4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8, kernel-rt-core-4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8, kernel-rt-debug-4.18.0-477.10.1.rt7.274.el8_8 +7
- RHSA-2023:2458 Released 2023-05-09 · Red Hat rating Importantkernel security, bug fix, and enhancement update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) kernel-64k-debug-devel-5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched-5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-64k-devel-5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 +10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) bpftool-7.0.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2, kernel-64k-5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2 +29
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) kernel-tools-libs-devel-5.14.0-284.11.1.el9_2
- RHSA-2023:2148 Released 2023-05-09 · Red Hat rating Importantkernel-rt security and bug fix update
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 9) kernel-rt-5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2, kernel-rt-core-5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2 +11
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 9) kernel-rt-5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2, kernel-rt-core-5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2, kernel-rt-debug-5.14.0-284.11.1.rt14.296.el9_2 +9
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.8.6) | Fixed | RHSA-2023:3388 |
| Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder EUS (v.9.0) | Fixed | RHSA-2023:4801 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2023:2458 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream EUS (v.9.0) | Fixed | RHSA-2023:4801 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2023:2951 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2023:2458 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.8.6) | Fixed | RHSA-2023:3388 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux BaseOS EUS (v.9.0) | Fixed | RHSA-2023:4801 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2023:2951 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux CRB (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2023:2458 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2023:2736 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux NFV (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2023:2148 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 8) | Fixed | RHSA-2023:2736 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux RT (v. 9) | Fixed | RHSA-2023:2148 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time EUS (v.9.0) | Fixed | RHSA-2023:4814 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Real Time for NFV EUS (v.9.0) | Fixed | RHSA-2023:4814 |
| Red Hat Virtualization 4 Hypervisor for RHEL 8 | Fixed | RHSA-2023:3388 |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-39188
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4qqj-hc3p-xwfg
References
Patch 4
- https://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=2329
- https://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.19
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/b67fbebd4cf980aecbcc750e1462128bffe8ae15
- https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=b67fbebd4cf980aecbcc750e1462128bffe8ae15
Advisory 3
Sources
- CVE-2022-39188 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-39188 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4qqj-hc3p-xwfg · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2022-39188 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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