# CVE-2022-50151: usb: cdns3: fix random warning message when driver load

> A bug in the Linux kernel's cdns3 USB driver causes random warning messages and potential instability during driver load due to incorrect memory allocation flags.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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:** 15 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50151, GHSA-gvgm-6pph-fj6g, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2022-50151, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50151

## What is CVE-2022-50151?

CVE-2022-50151 is a high-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:

usb: cdns3: fix random warning message when driver load

Warning log:
[    4.141392] Unexpected gfp: 0x4 (GFP_DMA32). Fixing up to gfp: 0xa20 (GFP_ATOMIC). Fix your code!
[    4.150340] CPU: 1 PID: 175 Comm: 1-0050 Not tainted 5.15.5-00039-g2fd9ae1b568c #20
[    4.158010] Hardware name: Freescale i.MX8QXP MEK (DT)
[    4.163155] Call trace:
[    4.165600]  dump_backtrace+0x0/0x1b0
[    4.169286]  show_stack+0x18/0x68
[    4.172611]  dump_stack_lvl+0x68/0x84
[    4.176286]  dump_stack+0x18/0x34
[    4.179613]  kmalloc_fix_flags+0x60/0x88
[    4.183550]  new_slab+0x334/0x370
[    4.186878]  ___slab_alloc.part.108+0x4d4/0x748
[    4.191419]  __slab_alloc.isra.109+0x30/0x78
[    4.195702]  kmem_cache_alloc+0x40c/0x420
[    4.199725]  dma_pool_alloc+0xac/0x1f8
[    4.203486]  cdns3_allocate_trb_pool+0xb4/0xd0

pool_alloc_page(struct dma_pool *pool, gfp_t mem_flags)
{
	...
	page = kmalloc(sizeof(*page), mem_flags);
	page->vaddr = dma_alloc_coherent(pool->dev, pool->allocation,
					 &page->dma, mem_flags);
	...
}

kmalloc was called with mem_flags, which is passed down in
cdns3_allocate_trb_pool() and have GFP_DMA32 flags.
kmall_fix_flags() report warning.

GFP_DMA32 is not useful at all. dma_alloc_coherent() will handle
DMA memory region correctly by pool->dev. GFP_DMA32 can be removed
safely.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50151?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-50151?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-50151 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50151 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-2022-50151 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-50151 is a high-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-2022-50151 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-2022-50151/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50151/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50151
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50151
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50151

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50151/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.