# CVE-2022-50097: video: fbdev: s3fb: Check the size of screen before memset_io()

> A local attacker can trigger a kernel page fault and crash the system by providing improper screen size values to the s3fb framebuffer driver.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50097, GHSA-9xgq-whmc-w683, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50097

## What is CVE-2022-50097?

CVE-2022-50097 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:

video: fbdev: s3fb: Check the size of screen before memset_io()

In the function s3fb_set_par(), the value of 'screen_size' is
calculated by the user input. If the user provides the improper value,
the value of 'screen_size' may larger than 'info->screen_size', which
may cause the following bug:

[   54.083733] BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: ffffc90003000000
[   54.083742] #PF: supervisor write access in kernel mode
[   54.083744] #PF: error_code(0x0002) - not-present page
[   54.083760] RIP: 0010:memset_orig+0x33/0xb0
[   54.083782] Call Trace:
[   54.083788]  s3fb_set_par+0x1ec6/0x4040
[   54.083806]  fb_set_var+0x604/0xeb0
[   54.083836]  do_fb_ioctl+0x234/0x670

Fix the this by checking the value of 'screen_size' before memset_io().

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50097?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-50097?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-50097 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50097 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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- [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-2022-50097 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-50097 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-2022-50097 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-2022-50097/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50097/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50097
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50097
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50097

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50097/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.