CVE-2022-50419 Bluetooth: hci_sysfs: Fix attempting to call device_add multiple times
A flaw in the Linux kernel Bluetooth subsystem allows a local attacker to trigger a kernel bug and crash the system by causing device_add to be called multiple times.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-50419?
CVE-2022-50419 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 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:
Bluetooth: hci_sysfs: Fix attempting to call device_add multiple times
device_add shall not be called multiple times as stated in its documentation:
'Do not call this routine or device_register() more than once for any device structure'
Syzkaller reports a bug as follows [1]: ------------[ cut here ]------------ kernel BUG at lib/list_debug.c:33! invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN [...] Call Trace: <TASK> __list_add include/linux/list.h:69 [inline] list_add_tail include/linux/list.h:102 [inline] kobj_kset_join lib/kobject.c:164 [inline] kobject_add_internal+0x18f/0x8f0 lib/kobject.c:214 kobject_add_varg lib/kobject.c:358 [inline] kobject_add+0x150/0x1c0 lib/kobject.c:410 device_add+0x368/0x1e90 drivers/base/core.c:3452 hci_conn_add_sysfs+0x9b/0x1b0 net/bluetooth/hci_sysfs.c:53 hci_le_cis_estabilished_evt+0x57c/0xae0 net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:6799 hci_le_meta_evt+0x2b8/0x510 net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:7110 hci_event_func net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:7440 [inline] hci_event_packet+0x63d/0xfd0 net/bluetooth/hci_event.c:7495 hci_rx_work+0xae7/0x1230 net/bluetooth/hci_core.c:4007 process_one_work+0x991/0x1610 kernel/workqueue.c:2289 worker_thread+0x665/0x1080 kernel/workqueue.c:2436 kthread+0x2e4/0x3a0 kernel/kthread.c:376 ret_from_fork+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:306 </TASK>
Weakness: CWE-415
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50419?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2022-50419?
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-2022-50419 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50419 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50419, GHSA-4pjv-phcw-v7cc, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50419.