# CVE-2022-50320: ACPI: tables: FPDT: Don't call acpi_os_map_memory() on invalid phys address

> A flaw in the Linux kernel ACPI FPDT handling causes a system crash when processing invalid physical addresses, leading to denial of service.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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-2022-50320, GHSA-vrv5-vj7q-63h9, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2022-50320, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50320

## What is CVE-2022-50320?

CVE-2022-50320 is a high-severity 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:

ACPI: tables: FPDT: Don't call acpi_os_map_memory() on invalid phys address

On a Packard Bell Dot SC (Intel Atom N2600 model) there is a FPDT table
which contains invalid physical addresses, with high bits set which fall
outside the range of the CPU-s supported physical address range.

Calling acpi_os_map_memory() on such an invalid phys address leads to
the below WARN_ON in ioremap triggering resulting in an oops/stacktrace.

Add code to verify the physical address before calling acpi_os_map_memory()
to fix / avoid the oops.

[    1.226900] ioremap: invalid physical address 3001000000000000
[    1.226949] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[    1.226962] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 1 at arch/x86/mm/ioremap.c:200 __ioremap_caller.cold+0x43/0x5f
[    1.226996] Modules linked in:
[    1.227016] CPU: 1 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 6.0.0-rc3+ #490
[    1.227029] Hardware name: Packard Bell dot s/SJE01_CT, BIOS V1.10 07/23/2013
[    1.227038] RIP: 0010:__ioremap_caller.cold+0x43/0x5f
[    1.227054] Code: 96 00 00 e9 f8 af 24 ff 89 c6 48 c7 c7 d8 0c 84 99 e8 6a 96 00 00 e9 76 af 24 ff 48 89 fe 48 c7 c7 a8 0c 84 99 e8 56 96 00 00 <0f> 0b e9 60 af 24 ff 48 8b 34 24 48 c7 c7 40 0d 84 99 e8 3f 96 00
[    1.227067] RSP: 0000:ffffb18c40033d60 EFLAGS: 00010286
[    1.227084] RAX: 0000000000000032 RBX: 3001000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000000
[    1.227095] RDX: 0000000000000001 RSI: 00000000ffffdfff RDI: 00000000ffffffff
[    1.227105] RBP: 3001000000000000 R08: 0000000000000000 R09: ffffb18c40033c18
[    1.227115] R10: 0000000000000003 R11: ffffffff99d62fe8 R12: 0000000000000008
[    1.227124] R13: 0003001000000000 R14: 0000000000001000 R15: 3001000000000000
[    1.227135] FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff913a3c080000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
[    1.227146] CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
[    1.227156] CR2: 0000000000000000 CR3: 0000000018c26000 CR4: 00000000000006e0
[    1.227167] Call Trace:
[    1.227176]  <TASK>
[    1.227185]  ? acpi_os_map_iomem+0x1c9/0x1e0
[    1.227215]  ? kmem_cache_alloc_trace+0x187/0x370
[    1.227254]  acpi_os_map_iomem+0x1c9/0x1e0
[    1.227288]  acpi_init_fpdt+0xa8/0x253
[    1.227308]  ? acpi_debugfs_init+0x1f/0x1f
[    1.227339]  do_one_initcall+0x5a/0x300
[    1.227406]  ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0x3f/0x80
[    1.227442]  kernel_init_freeable+0x28b/0x2cc
[    1.227512]  ? rest_init+0x170/0x170
[    1.227538]  kernel_init+0x16/0x140
[    1.227552]  ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30
[    1.227639]  </TASK>
[    1.227647] irq event stamp: 186819
[    1.227656] hardirqs last  enabled at (186825): [<ffffffff98184a6e>] __up_console_sem+0x5e/0x70
[    1.227672] hardirqs last disabled at (186830): [<ffffffff98184a53>] __up_console_sem+0x43/0x70
[    1.227686] softirqs last  enabled at (186576): [<ffffffff980fbc9d>] __irq_exit_rcu+0xed/0x160
[    1.227701] softirqs last disabled at (186569): [<ffffffff980fbc9d>] __irq_exit_rcu+0xed/0x160
[    1.227715] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

Weakness: CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50320?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-50320?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-50320 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50320 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-2022-50320 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-50320 is a high-severity 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-2022-50320 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-2022-50320/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50320/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50320
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50320
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50320

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50320/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.
