# CVE-2022-49031: iio: health: afe4403: Fix oob read in afe4403_read_raw

> A local attacker can trigger an out-of-bounds read in the AFE4403 driver to disclose kernel memory contents.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 21 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49031, GHSA-4667-xxv8-3pq6, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49031

## What is CVE-2022-49031?

CVE-2022-49031 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

iio: health: afe4403: Fix oob read in afe4403_read_raw

KASAN report out-of-bounds read as follows:

BUG: KASAN: global-out-of-bounds in afe4403_read_raw+0x42e/0x4c0
Read of size 4 at addr ffffffffc02ac638 by task cat/279

Call Trace:
 afe4403_read_raw
 iio_read_channel_info
 dev_attr_show

The buggy address belongs to the variable:
 afe4403_channel_leds+0x18/0xffffffffffffe9e0

This issue can be reproduced by singe command:

 $ cat /sys/bus/spi/devices/spi0.0/iio\:device0/in_intensity6_raw

The array size of afe4403_channel_leds is less than channels, so access
with chan->address cause OOB read in afe4403_read_raw. Fix it by moving
access before use it.

Weakness: CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49031?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-49031?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-49031 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49031 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-49031 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-49031 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 21 Oct 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49031 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49031/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49031/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49031
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49031
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49031

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49031/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.