# CVE-2022-50086: block: don't allow the same type rq_qos add more than once

> A race condition in the Linux kernel block layer allows concurrent writes to cause list corruption and system crashes.

- **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:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50086, GHSA-jcww-gc65-wfhf, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2022-50086, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50086

## What is CVE-2022-50086?

CVE-2022-50086 is a medium-severity 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:

block: don't allow the same type rq_qos add more than once

In our test of iocost, we encountered some list add/del corruptions of
inner_walk list in ioc_timer_fn.

The reason can be described as follows:

cpu 0					cpu 1
ioc_qos_write				ioc_qos_write

ioc = q_to_ioc(queue);
if (!ioc) {
        ioc = kzalloc();
					ioc = q_to_ioc(queue);
					if (!ioc) {
						ioc = kzalloc();
						...
						rq_qos_add(q, rqos);
					}
        ...
        rq_qos_add(q, rqos);
        ...
}

When the io.cost.qos file is written by two cpus concurrently, rq_qos may
be added to one disk twice. In that case, there will be two iocs enabled
and running on one disk. They own different iocgs on their active list. In
the ioc_timer_fn function, because of the iocgs from two iocs have the
same root iocg, the root iocg's walk_list may be overwritten by each other
and this leads to list add/del corruptions in building or destroying the
inner_walk list.

And so far, the blk-rq-qos framework works in case that one instance for
one type rq_qos per queue by default. This patch make this explicit and
also fix the crash above.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50086?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-50086?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-50086 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50086 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-2022-50086 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-50086 is a medium-severity 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-2022-50086 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-2022-50086/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50086/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50086
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50086
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50086

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50086/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.