Linux Kernel up to 5.19.1 spmi trace_spmi_write_begin out-of-bounds

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Linux Kernel up to 5.19.1. Impacted is the function trace_spmi_write_begin of the component spmi. Such manipulation leads to out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2022-50094. There is not any exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 5.19.1. Affected by this issue is the function trace_spmi_write_begin of the component spmi. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

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 [email protected]/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 [email protected]/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 ==================================================================

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-50094 since 06/18/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 4.9.326, 4.14.291, 4.19.256, 5.4.211, 5.10.137, 5.15.61, 5.18.18 or 5.19.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 80f7c93e573ea9f524924bb529c2af8cb28b1c43/dc6033a7761254e5a5ba7df36b64db787a53313c/ac730c72bddc889f5610d51d8a7abf425e08da1a/37690cb8662cec672cacda19e6e4fd2ca7b13f0b/dd02510fb43168310abfd0b9ccf49993a722fb91/1e0ca3d809c36ad3d1f542917718fc22ec6316e7/bcc1b6b1ed3f42ed25858c1f1eb24a2f741db93f/504090815c1ad3fd3fa34618b54d706727f8911c/2af28b241eea816e6f7668d1954f15894b45d7e3 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-1350). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• SUSE openSUSE
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Dell Avamar
• Dell NetWorker
• Dell Secure Connect Gateway
• IBM QRadar SIEM

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 4.9.325
• 4.14.290
• 4.19.255
• 5.4.210
• 5.10.136
• 5.15.0
• 5.15.1
• 5.15.2
• 5.15.3
• 5.15.4
• 5.15.5
• 5.15.6
• 5.15.7
• 5.15.8
• 5.15.9
• 5.15.10
• 5.15.11
• 5.15.12
• 5.15.13
• 5.15.14
• 5.15.15
• 5.15.16
• 5.15.17
• 5.15.18
• 5.15.19
• 5.15.20
• 5.15.21
• 5.15.22
• 5.15.23
• 5.15.24
• 5.15.25
• 5.15.26
• 5.15.27
• 5.15.28
• 5.15.29
• 5.15.30
• 5.15.31
• 5.15.32
• 5.15.33
• 5.15.34
• 5.15.35
• 5.15.36
• 5.15.37
• 5.15.38
• 5.15.39
• 5.15.40
• 5.15.41
• 5.15.42
• 5.15.43
• 5.15.44
• 5.15.45
• 5.15.46
• 5.15.47
• 5.15.48
• 5.15.49
• 5.15.50
• 5.15.51
• 5.15.52
• 5.15.53
• 5.15.54
• 5.15.55
• 5.15.56
• 5.15.57
• 5.15.58
• 5.15.59
• 5.15.60
• 5.18.0
• 5.18.1
• 5.18.2
• 5.18.3
• 5.18.4
• 5.18.5
• 5.18.6
• 5.18.7
• 5.18.8
• 5.18.9
• 5.18.10
• 5.18.11
• 5.18.12
• 5.18.13
• 5.18.14
• 5.18.15
• 5.18.16
• 5.18.17
• 5.19.0
• 5.19.1

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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