# CVE-2022-50039: stmmac: intel: Add a missing clk_disable_unprepare() call in intel_eth_pci_remove()

> A missing clock disable call in the Intel Ethernet driver can cause a kernel panic during module removal, leading to denial of service.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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:** 18 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 23 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50039, GHSA-f3rg-mc8q-q6cf, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50039

## What is CVE-2022-50039?

CVE-2022-50039 is a medium-severity denial of service 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:

stmmac: intel: Add a missing clk_disable_unprepare() call in intel_eth_pci_remove()

Commit 09f012e64e4b ("stmmac: intel: Fix clock handling on error and remove
paths") removed this clk_disable_unprepare()

This was partly revert by commit ac322f86b56c ("net: stmmac: Fix clock
handling on remove path") which removed this clk_disable_unprepare()
because:
"
   While unloading the dwmac-intel driver, clk_disable_unprepare() is
   being called twice in stmmac_dvr_remove() and
   intel_eth_pci_remove(). This causes kernel panic on the second call.
"

However later on, commit 5ec55823438e8 ("net: stmmac: add clocks management
for gmac driver") has updated stmmac_dvr_remove() which do not call
clk_disable_unprepare() anymore.

So this call should now be called from intel_eth_pci_remove().

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50039?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-50039?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-50039 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50039 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-50039 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-50039 is a medium-severity denial of service 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50039 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-2022-50039/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50039/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50039
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50039
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50039

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