Vulnerability · Published Jun 18, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2022-50130staging: fbtft: core: set smem_len before fb_deferred_io_init call

Medium 5.5

In plain English

A medium-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 0.2% (higher than 9% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 91.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: fbtft: core: set smem_len before fb_deferred_io_init call The fbtft_framebuffer_alloc() calls fb_deferred_io_init() before initializing info->fix.smem_len. It is set to zero by the framebuffer_alloc() function. It will trigger a WARN_ON() at the start of fb_deferred_io_init() and the function will not do anything.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian:12linux6.0.2-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50130
Debian:13linux6.0.2-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50130
Debian:14linux6.0.2-1DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50130
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50130
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50130
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50130
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50130
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50130
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50130
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50130
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50130
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50130
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50130
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50130
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50130
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50130
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50130
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50130
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50130
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50130
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50130
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50130
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50130
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50130
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50130
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50130
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50130
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50130
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50130
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50130
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50130
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50130
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50130
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50130
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50130
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50130
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50130
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50130
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50130

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux e79b2b2aadeffe1db54a6b569b9b621575c3eb07 – before 4178bfa3fc9de556dfe248a6eabe29280f0ffda56a9ae2fe887042f76fd3d334349e64e8ab3c55a2 – before 5185c319e8ea67657e0d3edd520a7276516c506a856082f021a28221db2c32bd0531614a8382be67 – before 6ae6abe240306f878557d6eadd950a2e2561f59f856082f021a28221db2c32bd0531614a8382be67 – before 81e878887ff82a7dd42f22951391069a5d5206275.18.3 – before 5.18.18
Linux Linux 5.19

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