# CVE-2022-50094: spmi: trace: fix stack-out-of-bound access in SPMI tracing functions

> A stack-out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel SPMI tracing functions can cause crashes or leak stack memory.

- **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:** 18 Jun 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50094, GHSA-72wp-jhxv-vv38, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50094

## What is CVE-2022-50094?

CVE-2022-50094 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:

spmi: trace: fix stack-out-of-bound access in SPMI tracing functions

trace_spmi_write_begin() and trace_spmi_read_end() both call
memcpy() with a length of "len + 1".  This leads to one extra
byte being read beyond the end of the specified buffer.  Fix
this out-of-bound memory access by using a length of "len"
instead.

Here is a KASAN log showing the issue:

BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in trace_event_raw_event_spmi_read_end+0x1d0/0x234
Read of size 2 at addr ffffffc0265b7540 by task thermal@2.0-ser/1314
...
Call trace:
 dump_backtrace+0x0/0x3e8
 show_stack+0x2c/0x3c
 dump_stack_lvl+0xdc/0x11c
 print_address_description+0x74/0x384
 kasan_report+0x188/0x268
 kasan_check_range+0x270/0x2b0
 memcpy+0x90/0xe8
 trace_event_raw_event_spmi_read_end+0x1d0/0x234
 spmi_read_cmd+0x294/0x3ac
 spmi_ext_register_readl+0x84/0x9c
 regmap_spmi_ext_read+0x144/0x1b0 [regmap_spmi]
 _regmap_raw_read+0x40c/0x754
 regmap_raw_read+0x3a0/0x514
 regmap_bulk_read+0x418/0x494
 adc5_gen3_poll_wait_hs+0xe8/0x1e0 [qcom_spmi_adc5_gen3]
 ...
 __arm64_sys_read+0x4c/0x60
 invoke_syscall+0x80/0x218
 el0_svc_common+0xec/0x1c8
 ...

addr ffffffc0265b7540 is located in stack of task thermal@2.0-ser/1314 at offset 32 in frame:
 adc5_gen3_poll_wait_hs+0x0/0x1e0 [qcom_spmi_adc5_gen3]

this frame has 1 object:
 [32, 33) 'status'

Memory state around the buggy address:
 ffffffc0265b7400: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 f1 f1 f1 f1
 ffffffc0265b7480: 04 f3 f3 f3 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
>ffffffc0265b7500: 00 00 00 00 f1 f1 f1 f1 01 f3 f3 f3 00 00 00 00
                                           ^
 ffffffc0265b7580: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
 ffffffc0265b7600: f1 f1 f1 f1 01 f2 07 f2 f2 f2 01 f3 00 00 00 00
==================================================================

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50094?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-50094?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-50094 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50094 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-2022-50094 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-50094 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50094 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-2022-50094/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50094/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50094
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50094
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50094

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.