CVE-2022-50190 spi: Fix simplification of devm_spi_register_controller

What is CVE-2022-50190?

CVE-2022-50190 is a high-severity use after free 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:

spi: Fix simplification of devm_spi_register_controller

This reverts commit 59ebbe40fb51 ("spi: simplify devm_spi_register_controller").

If devm_add_action() fails in devm_add_action_or_reset(), devm_spi_unregister() will be called, it decreases the refcount of 'ctlr->dev' to 0, then it will cause uaf in the drivers that calling spi_put_controller() in error path.

Weakness: CWE-416

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50190?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-50190?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.

Is CVE-2022-50190 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50190 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50190, GHSA-5q59-p2qj-rxxm, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50190.