# 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.

- **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:** 15 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50319, GHSA-3ghw-3m72-v6jr, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50319

## 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: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-50319?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-50319 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50319 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-50319 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50319 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-2022-50319/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50319/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50319
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50319
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50319

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50319/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.