# CVE-2022-50211: md-raid10: fix KASAN warning

> A slab-out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel's RAID10 module can cause a kernel crash, leading to denial of service.

- **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-2022-50211, GHSA-9p4w-x9r2-x682, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50211

## What is CVE-2022-50211?

CVE-2022-50211 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:

md-raid10: fix KASAN warning

There's a KASAN warning in raid10_remove_disk when running the lvm
test lvconvert-raid-reshape.sh. We fix this warning by verifying that the
value "number" is valid.

BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in raid10_remove_disk+0x61/0x2a0 [raid10]
Read of size 8 at addr ffff889108f3d300 by task mdX_raid10/124682

CPU: 3 PID: 124682 Comm: mdX_raid10 Not tainted 5.19.0-rc6 #1
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.14.0-2 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0x34/0x44
 print_report.cold+0x45/0x57a
 ? __lock_text_start+0x18/0x18
 ? raid10_remove_disk+0x61/0x2a0 [raid10]
 kasan_report+0xa8/0xe0
 ? raid10_remove_disk+0x61/0x2a0 [raid10]
 raid10_remove_disk+0x61/0x2a0 [raid10]
Buffer I/O error on dev dm-76, logical block 15344, async page read
 ? __mutex_unlock_slowpath.constprop.0+0x1e0/0x1e0
 remove_and_add_spares+0x367/0x8a0 [md_mod]
 ? super_written+0x1c0/0x1c0 [md_mod]
 ? mutex_trylock+0xac/0x120
 ? _raw_spin_lock+0x72/0xc0
 ? _raw_spin_lock_bh+0xc0/0xc0
 md_check_recovery+0x848/0x960 [md_mod]
 raid10d+0xcf/0x3360 [raid10]
 ? sched_clock_cpu+0x185/0x1a0
 ? rb_erase+0x4d4/0x620
 ? var_wake_function+0xe0/0xe0
 ? psi_group_change+0x411/0x500
 ? preempt_count_sub+0xf/0xc0
 ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x78/0xc0
 ? __lock_text_start+0x18/0x18
 ? raid10_sync_request+0x36c0/0x36c0 [raid10]
 ? preempt_count_sub+0xf/0xc0
 ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x19/0x40
 ? del_timer_sync+0xa9/0x100
 ? try_to_del_timer_sync+0xc0/0xc0
 ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x78/0xc0
 ? __lock_text_start+0x18/0x18
 ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x11/0x24
 ? __list_del_entry_valid+0x68/0xa0
 ? finish_wait+0xa3/0x100
 md_thread+0x161/0x260 [md_mod]
 ? unregister_md_personality+0xa0/0xa0 [md_mod]
 ? _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x78/0xc0
 ? prepare_to_wait_event+0x2c0/0x2c0
 ? unregister_md_personality+0xa0/0xa0 [md_mod]
 kthread+0x148/0x180
 ? kthread_complete_and_exit+0x20/0x20
 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30
 </TASK>

Allocated by task 124495:
 kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40
 __kasan_kmalloc+0x80/0xa0
 setup_conf+0x140/0x5c0 [raid10]
 raid10_run+0x4cd/0x740 [raid10]
 md_run+0x6f9/0x1300 [md_mod]
 raid_ctr+0x2531/0x4ac0 [dm_raid]
 dm_table_add_target+0x2b0/0x620 [dm_mod]
 table_load+0x1c8/0x400 [dm_mod]
 ctl_ioctl+0x29e/0x560 [dm_mod]
 dm_compat_ctl_ioctl+0x7/0x20 [dm_mod]
 __do_compat_sys_ioctl+0xfa/0x160
 do_syscall_64+0x90/0xc0
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0

Last potentially related work creation:
 kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40
 __kasan_record_aux_stack+0x9e/0xc0
 kvfree_call_rcu+0x84/0x480
 timerfd_release+0x82/0x140
L __fput+0xfa/0x400
 task_work_run+0x80/0xc0
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x155/0x160
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x12/0x40
 do_syscall_64+0x42/0xc0
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0

Second to last potentially related work creation:
 kasan_save_stack+0x1e/0x40
 __kasan_record_aux_stack+0x9e/0xc0
 kvfree_call_rcu+0x84/0x480
 timerfd_release+0x82/0x140
 __fput+0xfa/0x400
 task_work_run+0x80/0xc0
 exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x155/0x160
 syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x12/0x40
 do_syscall_64+0x42/0xc0
 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0

The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff889108f3d200
 which belongs to the cache kmalloc-256 of size 256
The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of
 256-byte region [ffff889108f3d200, ffff889108f3d300)

The buggy address belongs to the physical page:
page:000000007ef2a34c refcount:1 mapcount:0 mapping:0000000000000000 index:0x0 pfn:0x1108f3c
head:000000007ef2a34c order:2 compound_mapcount:0 compound_pincount:0
flags: 0x4000000000010200(slab|head|zone=2)
raw: 4000000000010200 0000000000000000 dead000000000001 ffff889100042b40
raw: 0000000000000000 0000000080200020 00000001ffffffff 0000000000000000
page dumped because: kasan: bad access detected

Memory state around the buggy address:
 ffff889108f3d200: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
 ffff889108f3d280: 00 00
---truncated---

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50211?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-50211?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-50211 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50211 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-2022-50211 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-50211 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-2022-50211 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-2022-50211/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50211/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50211
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50211
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50211

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