CVE-2022-50030 scsi: lpfc: Prevent buffer overflow crashes in debugfs with malformed user input
Malformed user input to debugfs causes buffer overflow crashes in the Linux kernel, leading to denial of service.
- 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
What is CVE-2022-50030?
CVE-2022-50030 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Jun 2025. 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:
scsi: lpfc: Prevent buffer overflow crashes in debugfs with malformed user input
Malformed user input to debugfs results in buffer overflow crashes. Adapt input string lengths to fit within internal buffers, leaving space for NULL terminators.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50030?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2022-50030?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2022-50030 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50030 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50030, GHSA-v52p-5xjx-x5ff, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50030.