Linux Kernel up to 6.0.2 parport0 parport_pc_fifo_write_block_pio state issue

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.4.219/5.10.149/5.15.74/5.19.16/6.0.2. It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function parport_pc_fifo_write_block_pio of the component parport0. The manipulation leads to state issue. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2022-50647. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Linux Kernel up to 5.4.219/5.10.149/5.15.74/5.19.16/6.0.2. This issue affects the function parport_pc_fifo_write_block_pio of the component parport0. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a state issue vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-371. The impact remains unknown. The summary by CVE is:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RISC-V: Make port I/O string accessors actually work Fix port I/O string accessors such as `insb', `outsb', etc. which use the physical PCI port I/O address rather than the corresponding memory mapping to get at the requested location, which in turn breaks at least accesses made by our parport driver to a PCIe parallel port such as: PCI parallel port detected: 1415:c118, I/O at 0x1000(0x1008), IRQ 20 parport0: PC-style at 0x1000 (0x1008), irq 20, using FIFO [PCSPP,TRISTATE,COMPAT,EPP,ECP] causing a memory access fault: Unable to handle kernel access to user memory without uaccess routines at virtual address 0000000000001008 Oops [#1] Modules linked in: CPU: 1 PID: 350 Comm: cat Not tainted 6.0.0-rc2-00283-g10d4879f9ef0-dirty #23 Hardware name: SiFive HiFive Unmatched A00 (DT) epc : parport_pc_fifo_write_block_pio+0x266/0x416 ra : parport_pc_fifo_write_block_pio+0xb4/0x416 epc : ffffffff80542c3e ra : ffffffff80542a8c sp : ffffffd88899fc60 gp : ffffffff80fa2700 tp : ffffffd882b1e900 t0 : ffffffd883d0b000 t1 : ffffffffff000002 t2 : 4646393043330a38 s0 : ffffffd88899fcf0 s1 : 0000000000001000 a0 : 0000000000000010 a1 : 0000000000000000 a2 : ffffffd883d0a010 a3 : 0000000000000023 a4 : 00000000ffff8fbb a5 : ffffffd883d0a001 a6 : 0000000100000000 a7 : ffffffc800000000 s2 : ffffffffff000002 s3 : ffffffff80d28880 s4 : ffffffff80fa1f50 s5 : 0000000000001008 s6 : 0000000000000008 s7 : ffffffd883d0a000 s8 : 0004000000000000 s9 : ffffffff80dc1d80 s10: ffffffd8807e4000 s11: 0000000000000000 t3 : 00000000000000ff t4 : 393044410a303930 t5 : 0000000000001000 t6 : 0000000000040000 status: 0000000200000120 badaddr: 0000000000001008 cause: 000000000000000f [<ffffffff80543212>] parport_pc_compat_write_block_pio+0xfe/0x200 [<ffffffff8053bbc0>] parport_write+0x46/0xf8 [<ffffffff8050530e>] lp_write+0x158/0x2d2 [<ffffffff80185716>] vfs_write+0x8e/0x2c2 [<ffffffff80185a74>] ksys_write+0x52/0xc2 [<ffffffff80185af2>] sys_write+0xe/0x16 [<ffffffff80003770>] ret_from_syscall+0x0/0x2 ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- For simplicity address the problem by adding PCI_IOBASE to the physical address requested in the respective wrapper macros only, observing that the raw accessors such as `__insb', `__outsb', etc. are not supposed to be used other than by said macros. Remove the cast to `long' that is no longer needed on `addr' now that it is used as an offset from PCI_IOBASE and add parentheses around `addr' needed for predictable evaluation in macro expansion. No need to make said adjustments in separate changes given that current code is gravely broken and does not ever work.

The advisory is shared at git.kernel.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2022-50647 since 12/09/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/28/2026).

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 278322 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-50647), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 5.4.220, 5.10.150, 5.15.75, 5.19.17 or 6.0.3 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 2c60db6869fe5213471fcf4fe5704dc29da8b5ee/2ce9fab94b8db61f014e43ddf80dd1524ae6dff4/dc235db7b79a352d07d62e8757ad856dbf1564c1/140b2b92dbefffa7f4f7211a1fd399a6e79e71c4/1acee4616930fc07265cb8e539753a8062daa8e0/9cc205e3c17d5716da7ebb7fa0c985555e95d009 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 databases at Tenable (278322) and CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-2765). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best 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

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 5.4.219
• 5.10.149
• 5.15.0
• 5.15.1
• 5.15.2
• 5.15.3
• 5.15.4
• 5.15.5
• 5.15.6
• 5.15.7
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• 5.15.65
• 5.15.66
• 5.15.67
• 5.15.68
• 5.15.69
• 5.15.70
• 5.15.71
• 5.15.72
• 5.15.73
• 5.15.74
• 5.19.0
• 5.19.1
• 5.19.2
• 5.19.3
• 5.19.4
• 5.19.5
• 5.19.6
• 5.19.7
• 5.19.8
• 5.19.9
• 5.19.10
• 5.19.11
• 5.19.12
• 5.19.13
• 5.19.14
• 5.19.15
• 5.19.16
• 6.0.0
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.2

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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