# CVE-2022-50332: video/aperture: Call sysfb_disable() before removing PCI devices
> A race condition in the Linux kernel video aperture driver allows simpledrm to interfere with hardware drivers, causing system hangs and 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-2022-50332, GHSA-422j-5566-qw87, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2022-50332, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2022-50332, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50332
## What is CVE-2022-50332?
CVE-2022-50332 is a medium-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:
video/aperture: Call sysfb_disable() before removing PCI devices
Call sysfb_disable() from aperture_remove_conflicting_pci_devices()
before removing PCI devices. Without, simpledrm can still bind to
simple-framebuffer devices after the hardware driver has taken over
the hardware. Both drivers interfere with each other and results are
undefined.
Reported modesetting errors [1] are shown below.
---- snap ----
rcu: INFO: rcu_sched detected expedited stalls on CPUs/tasks: { 13-.... } 7 jiffies s: 165 root: 0x2000/.
rcu: blocking rcu_node structures (internal RCU debug):
Task dump for CPU 13:
task:X state:R running task stack: 0 pid: 4242 ppid: 4228 flags:0x00000008
Call Trace:
? commit_tail+0xd7/0x130
? drm_atomic_helper_commit+0x126/0x150
? drm_atomic_commit+0xa4/0xe0
? drm_plane_get_damage_clips.cold+0x1c/0x1c
? drm_atomic_helper_dirtyfb+0x19e/0x280
? drm_mode_dirtyfb_ioctl+0x10f/0x1e0
? drm_mode_getfb2_ioctl+0x2d0/0x2d0
? drm_ioctl_kernel+0xc4/0x150
? drm_ioctl+0x246/0x3f0
? drm_mode_getfb2_ioctl+0x2d0/0x2d0
? __x64_sys_ioctl+0x91/0xd0
? do_syscall_64+0x60/0xd0
? entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0xb5
...
rcu: INFO: rcu_sched detected expedited stalls on CPUs/tasks: { 13-.... } 30 jiffies s: 169 root: 0x2000/.
rcu: blocking rcu_node structures (internal RCU debug):
Task dump for CPU 13:
task:X state:R running task stack: 0 pid: 4242 ppid: 4228 flags:0x0000400e
Call Trace:
? memcpy_toio+0x76/0xc0
? memcpy_toio+0x1b/0xc0
? drm_fb_memcpy_toio+0x76/0xb0
? drm_fb_blit_toio+0x75/0x2b0
? simpledrm_simple_display_pipe_update+0x132/0x150
? drm_atomic_helper_commit_planes+0xb6/0x230
? drm_atomic_helper_commit_tail+0x44/0x80
? commit_tail+0xd7/0x130
? drm_atomic_helper_commit+0x126/0x150
? drm_atomic_commit+0xa4/0xe0
? drm_plane_get_damage_clips.cold+0x1c/0x1c
? drm_atomic_helper_dirtyfb+0x19e/0x280
? drm_mode_dirtyfb_ioctl+0x10f/0x1e0
? drm_mode_getfb2_ioctl+0x2d0/0x2d0
? drm_ioctl_kernel+0xc4/0x150
? drm_ioctl+0x246/0x3f0
? drm_mode_getfb2_ioctl+0x2d0/0x2d0
? __x64_sys_ioctl+0x91/0xd0
? do_syscall_64+0x60/0xd0
? entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0xb5
The problem was added by commit 5e0137612430 ("video/aperture: Disable
and unregister sysfb devices via aperture helpers") to v6.0.3 and does
not exist in the mainline branch.
The mainline commit 5e0137612430 ("video/aperture: Disable and
unregister sysfb devices via aperture helpers") has been backported
from v6.0-rc1 to stable v6.0.3 from a larger patch series [2] that
reworks fbdev framebuffer ownership. The backport misses a change to
aperture_remove_conflicting_pci_devices(). Mainline itself is fine,
because the function does not exist there as a result of the patch
series.
Instead of backporting the whole series, fix the additional function.
## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50332?
It affects 1 product.
Products: Linux kernel.
## How do I fix CVE-2022-50332?
Apply the vendor's patch.
## Is CVE-2022-50332 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50332 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents
```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-50332 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2022-50332 is a medium-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-2022-50332 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-2022-50332/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50332/index.md)
```
## Sources
- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50332
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50332
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50332
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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50332/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.