# CVE-2022-50210: MIPS: cpuinfo: Fix a warning for CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK

> A kernel warning triggered by reading /proc/cpuinfo with specific debug configurations can cause system instability or denial of service.

- **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-2022-50210, GHSA-ffr7-x47x-5rvr, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50210

## What is CVE-2022-50210?

CVE-2022-50210 is a medium-severity denial of service 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:

MIPS: cpuinfo: Fix a warning for CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK

When CONFIG_CPUMASK_OFFSTACK and CONFIG_DEBUG_PER_CPU_MAPS is selected,
cpu_max_bits_warn() generates a runtime warning similar as below while
we show /proc/cpuinfo. Fix this by using nr_cpu_ids (the runtime limit)
instead of NR_CPUS to iterate CPUs.

[    3.052463] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[    3.059679] WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 1 at include/linux/cpumask.h:108 show_cpuinfo+0x5e8/0x5f0
[    3.070072] Modules linked in: efivarfs autofs4
[    3.076257] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: systemd Not tainted 5.19-rc5+ #1052
[    3.084034] Hardware name: Loongson Loongson-3A4000-7A1000-1w-V0.1-CRB/Loongson-LS3A4000-7A1000-1w-EVB-V1.21, BIOS Loongson-UDK2018-V2.0.04082-beta7 04/27
[    3.099465] Stack : 9000000100157b08 9000000000f18530 9000000000cf846c 9000000100154000
[    3.109127]         9000000100157a50 0000000000000000 9000000100157a58 9000000000ef7430
[    3.118774]         90000001001578e8 0000000000000040 0000000000000020 ffffffffffffffff
[    3.128412]         0000000000aaaaaa 1ab25f00eec96a37 900000010021de80 900000000101c890
[    3.138056]         0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000000000 0000000000aaaaaa
[    3.147711]         ffff8000339dc220 0000000000000001 0000000006ab4000 0000000000000000
[    3.157364]         900000000101c998 0000000000000004 9000000000ef7430 0000000000000000
[    3.167012]         0000000000000009 000000000000006c 0000000000000000 0000000000000000
[    3.176641]         9000000000d3de08 9000000001639390 90000000002086d8 00007ffff0080286
[    3.186260]         00000000000000b0 0000000000000004 0000000000000000 0000000000071c1c
[    3.195868]         ...
[    3.199917] Call Trace:
[    3.203941] [<98000000002086d8>] show_stack+0x38/0x14c
[    3.210666] [<9800000000cf846c>] dump_stack_lvl+0x60/0x88
[    3.217625] [<980000000023d268>] __warn+0xd0/0x100
[    3.223958] [<9800000000cf3c90>] warn_slowpath_fmt+0x7c/0xcc
[    3.231150] [<9800000000210220>] show_cpuinfo+0x5e8/0x5f0
[    3.238080] [<98000000004f578c>] seq_read_iter+0x354/0x4b4
[    3.245098] [<98000000004c2e90>] new_sync_read+0x17c/0x1c4
[    3.252114] [<98000000004c5174>] vfs_read+0x138/0x1d0
[    3.258694] [<98000000004c55f8>] ksys_read+0x70/0x100
[    3.265265] [<9800000000cfde9c>] do_syscall+0x7c/0x94
[    3.271820] [<9800000000202fe4>] handle_syscall+0xc4/0x160
[    3.281824] ---[ end trace 8b484262b4b8c24c ]---

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50210?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-50210?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-50210 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50210 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

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- [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-2022-50210 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-50210 is a medium-severity denial of service 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-2022-50210 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-2022-50210/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50210/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50210
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50210
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50210

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50210/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.