Vulnerability · Published Jun 18, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2022-50094spmi: trace: fix stack-out-of-bound access in SPMI tracing functions

High 7.1

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 18% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)7.1High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.3%top 81.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spmi: trace: fix stack-out-of-bound access in SPMI tracing functions trace_spmi_write_begin() and trace_spmi_read_end() both call memcpy() with a length of "len + 1". This leads to one extra byte being read beyond the end of the specified buffer. Fix this out-of-bound memory access by using a length of "len" instead. Here is a KASAN log showing the issue: BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in trace_event_raw_event_spmi_read_end+0x1d0/0x234 Read of size 2 at addr ffffffc0265b7540 by task thermal@2.0-ser/1314 ... Call trace: dump_backtrace+0x0/0x3e8 show_stack+0x2c/0x3c dump_stack_lvl+0xdc/0x11c print_address_description+0x74/0x384 kasan_report+0x188/0x268 kasan_check_range+0x270/0x2b0 memcpy+0x90/0xe8 trace_event_raw_event_spmi_read_end+0x1d0/0x234 spmi_read_cmd+0x294/0x3ac spmi_ext_register_readl+0x84/0x9c regmap_spmi_ext_read+0x144/0x1b0 [regmap_spmi] _regmap_raw_read+0x40c/0x754 regmap_raw_read+0x3a0/0x514 regmap_bulk_read+0x418/0x494 adc5_gen3_poll_wait_hs+0xe8/0x1e0 [qcom_spmi_adc5_gen3] ... __arm64_sys_read+0x4c/0x60 invoke_syscall+0x80/0x218 el0_svc_common+0xec/0x1c8 ... addr ffffffc0265b7540 is located in stack of task thermal@2.0-ser/1314 at offset 32 in frame: adc5_gen3_poll_wait_hs+0x0/0x1e0 [qcom_spmi_adc5_gen3] this frame has 1 object: [32, 33) 'status' Memory state around the buggy address: ffffffc0265b7400: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f1 f1 f1 f1 ffffffc0265b7480: 04 f3 f3 f3 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 >ffffffc0265b7500: 00 00 00 00 f1 f1 f1 f1 01 f3 f3 f3 00 00 00 00 ^ ffffffc0265b7580: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ffffffc0265b7600: f1 f1 f1 f1 01 f2 07 f2 f2 f2 01 f3 00 00 00 00 ==================================================================

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.0.2-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50094
Debian:13linux6.0.2-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50094
Debian:14linux6.0.2-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-53.59UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1023.27UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1023.29UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1024.30.1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1022.29UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1020.25UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1008.12UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1018.21UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1018.23UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1021.26UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-53.59UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1015.15UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1022.28UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1018.20UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux a9fce374815d8ab94a3e6259802a944e2cc21408 – before 80f7c93e573ea9f524924bb529c2af8cb28b1c43a9fce374815d8ab94a3e6259802a944e2cc21408 – before dc6033a7761254e5a5ba7df36b64db787a53313ca9fce374815d8ab94a3e6259802a944e2cc21408 – before ac730c72bddc889f5610d51d8a7abf425e08da1aa9fce374815d8ab94a3e6259802a944e2cc21408 – before 37690cb8662cec672cacda19e6e4fd2ca7b13f0ba9fce374815d8ab94a3e6259802a944e2cc21408 – before dd02510fb43168310abfd0b9ccf49993a722fb91a9fce374815d8ab94a3e6259802a944e2cc21408 – before 1e0ca3d809c36ad3d1f542917718fc22ec6316e7a9fce374815d8ab94a3e6259802a944e2cc21408 – before bcc1b6b1ed3f42ed25858c1f1eb24a2f741db93fa9fce374815d8ab94a3e6259802a944e2cc21408 – before 504090815c1ad3fd3fa34618b54d706727f8911c
Linux Linux 4.3

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