In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

riscv: mm: add missing memcpy in kasan_init

Hi Atish,

It seems that the panic is due to the missing memcpy during kasan_init.
Could you please check whether this patch is helpful?

When doing kasan_populate, the new allocated base_pud/base_p4d should
contain kasan_early_shadow_{pud, p4d}'s content. Add the missing memcpy
to avoid page fault when read/write kasan shadow region.

Tested on:
- qemu with sv57 and CONFIG_KASAN on.
- qemu with sv48 and CONFIG_KASAN on.

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Wed, 10 Dec 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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Tue, 09 Dec 2025 02:00:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: riscv: mm: add missing memcpy in kasan_init Hi Atish, It seems that the panic is due to the missing memcpy during kasan_init. Could you please check whether this patch is helpful? When doing kasan_populate, the new allocated base_pud/base_p4d should contain kasan_early_shadow_{pud, p4d}'s content. Add the missing memcpy to avoid page fault when read/write kasan shadow region. Tested on: - qemu with sv57 and CONFIG_KASAN on. - qemu with sv48 and CONFIG_KASAN on.
Title riscv: mm: add missing memcpy in kasan_init
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-09T01:29:04.968Z

Reserved: 2025-12-09T01:26:45.989Z

Link: CVE-2022-50657

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-12-09T16:17:17.110

Modified: 2025-12-09T18:37:13.640

Link: CVE-2022-50657

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-12-09T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-50657 - Bugzilla

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