# CVE-2022-50423: ACPICA: Fix use-after-free in acpi_ut_copy_ipackage_to_ipackage()

> A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's ACPICA component allows attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially execute arbitrary code.

- **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:** 1 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50423, GHSA-mrmc-2f6j-hcp2, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50423

## What is CVE-2022-50423?

CVE-2022-50423 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 Oct 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:

ACPICA: Fix use-after-free in acpi_ut_copy_ipackage_to_ipackage()

There is an use-after-free reported by KASAN:

  BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in acpi_ut_remove_reference+0x3b/0x82
  Read of size 1 at addr ffff888112afc460 by task modprobe/2111
  CPU: 0 PID: 2111 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 6.1.0-rc7-dirty
  Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996),
  Call Trace:
   <TASK>
   kasan_report+0xae/0xe0
   acpi_ut_remove_reference+0x3b/0x82
   acpi_ut_copy_iobject_to_iobject+0x3be/0x3d5
   acpi_ds_store_object_to_local+0x15d/0x3a0
   acpi_ex_store+0x78d/0x7fd
   acpi_ex_opcode_1A_1T_1R+0xbe4/0xf9b
   acpi_ps_parse_aml+0x217/0x8d5
   ...
   </TASK>

The root cause of the problem is that the acpi_operand_object
is freed when acpi_ut_walk_package_tree() fails in
acpi_ut_copy_ipackage_to_ipackage(), lead to repeated release in
acpi_ut_copy_iobject_to_iobject(). The problem was introduced
by "8aa5e56eeb61" commit, this commit is to fix memory leak in
acpi_ut_copy_iobject_to_iobject(), repeatedly adding remove
operation, lead to "acpi_operand_object" used after free.

Fix it by removing acpi_ut_remove_reference() in
acpi_ut_copy_ipackage_to_ipackage(). acpi_ut_copy_ipackage_to_ipackage()
is called to copy an internal package object into another internal
package object, when it fails, the memory of acpi_operand_object
should be freed by the caller.

Weakness: CWE-416 (Use After Free)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50423?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-50423?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-50423 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50423 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [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-2022-50423 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-50423 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 Oct 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-2022-50423 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-2022-50423/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50423/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50423
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50423
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50423

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50423/
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