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CVE-2022-50211

HIGH · 7.1 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-06-18
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 4.9.326 / 4.14.291 or later.
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73/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: md-raid10: fix KASAN warning There's a KASAN warning in raid10_remove_disk when running the lvm test lvconvert-raid-reshape.sh. We fix this warning by verifying that the value "number" is valid. BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in raid10_remove_disk+0x61/0x2a0 [raid10] Read of size 8 at addr ffff889108f3d300 by task mdX_raid10/124682 CPU: 3 PID: 124682 Comm: mdX_raid10 Not tainted 5.19.0-rc6 #1 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.14.0-2 04/01/2014 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x34/0x44 print_report.cold+0x45/0x57a ? __lock_text_start+0x18/0x18 ? raid10_remove_disk+0x61/0x2a0 [raid10] kasan_report+0xa8/0xe0 ? raid10_remove_disk+0x61/0x2a0 [raid10] raid10_remove_disk+0x61/0x2a0 [raid10] Buffer I/O error on dev dm-76, logical block 15344, async page read ? __mutex_unlock_slowpath.constprop.0+0x1e0/0x1e0 remove_and_add_spares+0x367/0x8a0 [md_mod] ? super_written+0x1c0/0x1c0 [md_mod] ? mutex_trylock+0xac/0x120 ? _raw_spin_lock+0x72/0xc0 ? _raw_spin_lock_bh+0xc0/0xc0 md_check_recovery+0x848/0x960 [md_mod] raid10d+0xcf/0x3360 [raid10] ? sched_clock_cpu+0x185/0x1a0 ? rb_erase+0x4d4/0x620 ? var_wake_function+0xe0/0xe0 ? psi_group_change+0x411/0x500 ? preempt_count_sub+0xf/0xc0 ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x78/0xc0 ? __lock_text_start+0x18/0x18 ? raid10_sync_request+0x36c0/0x36c0 [raid10] ? preempt_count_sub+0xf/0xc0 ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x19/0x40 ? del_timer_sync+0xa9/0x100 ? try_to_del_timer_sync+0xc0/0xc0 ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x78/0xc0 ? __lock_text_start+0x18/0x18 ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x11/0x24 ? __list_del_entry_valid+0x68/0xa0 ? finish_wait+0xa3/0x100 md_thread+0x161/0x260 [md_mod] ? unregister_md_personality+0xa0/0xa0 [md_mod] ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x78/0xc0 ? prepare_to_wait_event+0x2c0/0x2c0 ? unregister_md_personality+0xa0/0xa0 [md_mod] kthread+0x148/0x180 ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 </TASK> Allocated by task 124495: kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40 __kasan_kmalloc+0x80/0xa0 setup_conf+0x140/0x5c0 [raid10] raid10_run+0x4cd/0x740 [raid10] md_run+0x6f9/0x1300 [md_mod] raid_ctr+0x2531/0x4ac0 [dm_raid] dm_table_add_target+0x2b0/0x620 [dm_mod] table_load+0x1c8/0x400 [dm_mod] ctl_ioctl+0x29e/0x560 [dm_mod] dm_compat_ctl_ioctl+0x7/0x20 [dm_mod] __do_compat_sys_ioctl+0xfa/0x160 do_syscall_64+0x90/0xc0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 Last potentially related work creation: kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40 __kasan_record_aux_stack+0x9e/0xc0 kvfree_call_rcu+0x84/0x480 timerfd_release+0x82/0x140 L __fput+0xfa/0x400 task_work_run+0x80/0xc0 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x155/0x160 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x12/0x40 do_syscall_64+0x42/0xc0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 Second to last potentially related work creation: kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40 __kasan_record_aux_stack+0x9e/0xc0 kvfree_call_rcu+0x84/0x480 timerfd_release+0x82/0x140 __fput+0xfa/0x400 task_work_run+0x80/0xc0 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x155/0x160 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x12/0x40 do_syscall_64+0x42/0xc0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff889108f3d200 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-256 of size 256 The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of 256-byte region [ffff889108f3d200, ffff889108f3d300) The buggy address belongs to the physical page: page:000000007ef2a34c refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x1108f3c head:000000007ef2a34c order:2 compound_mapcount:0 compound_pincount:0 flags: 0x4000000000010200(slab|head|zone=2) raw: 4000000000010200 0000000000000000 dead000000000001 ffff889100042b40 raw: 0000000000000000 0000000080200020 00000001ffffffff 0000000000000000 page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected Memory state around the buggy address: ffff889108f3d200: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ffff889108f3d280: 00 00 ---truncated---

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis
How this class of weakness works · CWE-125

The code reads past the end (or before the start) of a buffer, returning memory that was never meant to be exposed. Attackers use it to leak secrets like keys or to defeat memory-protection defences. Remediation is validating indices and lengths before every read.

General guidance for the out-of-bounds read class — the official description and references above are authoritative for this specific CVE. Want a bespoke review and a reviewed fix? Ask our team →

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Linux KernelOperating system
Affected:< 4.9.326>= 4.10, < 4.14.291>= 4.15, < 4.19.256>= 4.20, < 5.4.211>= 5.5, < 5.10.137>= 5.11, < 5.15.61>= 5.16, < 5.18.18>= 5.19, < 5.19.2

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 4.9.326 / 4.14.291 / 4.19.256 or later
Fixed in 4.9.3264.14.2914.19.256
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

Upgrade to kernel >= 4.9.326 (for 4.9.x), >= 4.14.291 (for 4.14.x), >= 4.19.256 (for 4.19.x), >= 5.4.211 (for 5.4.x), or latest stable (for 5.10+/6.x branches)

  1. Identify the currently running Linux kernel version using `uname -r`
  2. If the version is < 4.9.326, upgrade to at least 4.9.326
  3. If the version is >= 4.10 and < 4.14.291, upgrade to at least 4.14.291
  4. If the version is >= 4.15 and < 4.19.256, upgrade to at least 4.19.256
  5. If the version is >= 4.20 and < 5.4.211, upgrade to at least 5.4.211
  6. If using a newer kernel branch (e.g., 5.10.x, 5.15.x, 6.x), ensure the patch commit 0f4d18cbea4a6e37a05fd8ee2887439f85211110 is included, or upgrade to the latest stable release in that branch
  7. Reboot the system to apply the new kernel
Caveat Kernel upgrades may require driver/compatibility verification; ensure critical modules and hardware support the target version before production deployment

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