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    "dataVersion": "5.2",
    "cveMetadata": {
        "cveId": "CVE-2022-49884",
        "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
        "state": "PUBLISHED",
        "assignerShortName": "Linux",
        "dateReserved": "2025-05-01T14:05:17.241Z",
        "datePublished": "2025-05-01T14:10:30.589Z",
        "dateUpdated": "2026-05-11T19:08:36.442Z"
    },
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                    "lang": "en",
                    "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nKVM: Initialize gfn_to_pfn_cache locks in dedicated helper\n\nMove the gfn_to_pfn_cache lock initialization to another helper and\ncall the new helper during VM/vCPU creation.  There are race\nconditions possible due to kvm_gfn_to_pfn_cache_init()'s\nability to re-initialize the cache's locks.\n\nFor example: a race between ioctl(KVM_XEN_HVM_EVTCHN_SEND) and\nkvm_gfn_to_pfn_cache_init() leads to a corrupted shinfo gpc lock.\n\n                (thread 1)                |           (thread 2)\n                                          |\n kvm_xen_set_evtchn_fast                  |\n  read_lock_irqsave(&gpc->lock, ...)      |\n                                          | kvm_gfn_to_pfn_cache_init\n                                          |  rwlock_init(&gpc->lock)\n  read_unlock_irqrestore(&gpc->lock, ...) |\n\nRename \"cache_init\" and \"cache_destroy\" to activate+deactivate to\navoid implying that the cache really is destroyed/freed.\n\nNote, there more races in the newly named kvm_gpc_activate() that will\nbe addressed separately.\n\n[sean: call out that this is a bug fix]"
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                        "arch/x86/kvm/x86.c",
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                    "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
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                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61242001d6c9c253df7645dab090842d8da08764"
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                    "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52491a38b2c2411f3f0229dc6ad610349c704a41"
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