Vulnerability · Published Oct 22, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2022-50575xen/privcmd: Fix a possible warning in privcmd_ioctl_mmap_resource()

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In plain English

A 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 0.2% (higher than 13% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS )–Not rated
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 87.4% 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: xen/privcmd: Fix a possible warning in privcmd_ioctl_mmap_resource() As 'kdata.num' is user-controlled data, if user tries to allocate memory larger than(>=) MAX_ORDER, then kcalloc() will fail, it creates a stack trace and messes up dmesg with a warning. Call trace: -> privcmd_ioctl --> privcmd_ioctl_mmap_resource Add __GFP_NOWARN in order to avoid too large allocation warning. This is detected by static analysis using smatch.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.1.4-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50575
Debian:13linux6.1.4-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50575
Debian:14linux6.1.4-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux5.15.0-69.76UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws5.15.0-1033.37UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure5.15.0-1035.42UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde5.15.0-1035.42.1UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp5.15.0-1031.38UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gke5.15.0-1030.35UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gkeop5.15.0-1017.22UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm5.15.0-1027.30UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iotg5.15.0-1027.32UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-kvm5.15.0-1030.35UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency5.15.0-69.76UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia5.15.0-1023.23UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle5.15.0-1032.38UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-raspi5.15.0-1026.28UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50575

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 3ad0876554cafa368f574d4d408468510543e9ff – before 5d68ae32d132ea2af73bc223fd64c46f85302a8b3ad0876554cafa368f574d4d408468510543e9ff – before 4f983ee5e5de924d93a7bbb4e6f68f38c6256cd53ad0876554cafa368f574d4d408468510543e9ff – before 46026bb057c35f5bb111bf95e00cd8366d2e34d43ad0876554cafa368f574d4d408468510543e9ff – before 0bf874183b32eae2cc20e3c5be38ec3d33e7e5643ad0876554cafa368f574d4d408468510543e9ff – before e0c5f1058ed96f2b7487560c4c4cbd768d13d0653ad0876554cafa368f574d4d408468510543e9ff – before 4da411086f5ab32f811a89ef804980ec106ebb653ad0876554cafa368f574d4d408468510543e9ff – before 8b997b2bb2c53b76a6db6c195930e9ab8e4b0c79
Linux Linux 4.18

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