CVE-2022-50319 coresight: trbe: remove cpuhp instance node before remove cpuhp state
A missing cleanup step in the Linux kernel's CoreSight TRBE driver causes a warning and potential instability when removing the module, leading to denial of service.
- 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
What is CVE-2022-50319?
CVE-2022-50319 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 15 Sep 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:
coresight: trbe: remove cpuhp instance node before remove cpuhp state
cpuhp_state_add_instance() and cpuhp_state_remove_instance() should be used in pairs. Or there will lead to the warn on cpuhp_remove_multi_state() since the cpuhp_step list is not empty.
The following is the error log with 'rmmod coresight-trbe': Error: Removing state 215 which has instances left. Call trace: __cpuhp_remove_state_cpuslocked+0x144/0x160 __cpuhp_remove_state+0xac/0x100 arm_trbe_device_remove+0x2c/0x60 [coresight_trbe] platform_remove+0x34/0x70 device_remove+0x54/0x90 device_release_driver_internal+0x1e4/0x250 driver_detach+0x5c/0xb0 bus_remove_driver+0x64/0xc0 driver_unregister+0x3c/0x70 platform_driver_unregister+0x20/0x30 arm_trbe_exit+0x1c/0x658 [coresight_trbe] __arm64_sys_delete_module+0x1ac/0x24c invoke_syscall+0x50/0x120 el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x58/0x1a0 do_el0_svc+0x38/0xd0 el0_svc+0x2c/0xc0 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x1ac/0x1b0 el0t_64_sync+0x19c/0x1a0 ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50319?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2022-50319?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2022-50319 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50319 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50319, GHSA-3ghw-3m72-v6jr, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50319.