# CVE-2022-50468: platform/chrome: cros_usbpd_notify: Fix error handling in cros_usbpd_notify_init()

> A missing error check in the ChromeOS USBPD notify driver causes a kernel warning and potential instability when unloading the module.

- **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:** 1 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50468, GHSA-2vhg-gx88-7mc7, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50468

## What is CVE-2022-50468?

CVE-2022-50468 is a medium-severity 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:

platform/chrome: cros_usbpd_notify: Fix error handling in cros_usbpd_notify_init()

The following WARNING message was given when rmmod cros_usbpd_notify:

 Unexpected driver unregister!
 WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 253 at drivers/base/driver.c:270 driver_unregister+0x8a/0xb0
 Modules linked in: cros_usbpd_notify(-)
 CPU: 0 PID: 253 Comm: rmmod Not tainted 6.1.0-rc3 #24
 ...
 Call Trace:
  <TASK>
  cros_usbpd_notify_exit+0x11/0x1e [cros_usbpd_notify]
  __x64_sys_delete_module+0x3c7/0x570
  ? __ia32_sys_delete_module+0x570/0x570
  ? lock_is_held_type+0xe3/0x140
  ? syscall_enter_from_user_mode+0x17/0x50
  ? rcu_read_lock_sched_held+0xa0/0xd0
  ? syscall_enter_from_user_mode+0x1c/0x50
  do_syscall_64+0x37/0x90
  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
 RIP: 0033:0x7f333fe9b1b7

The reason is that the cros_usbpd_notify_init() does not check the return
value of platform_driver_register(), and the cros_usbpd_notify can
install successfully even if platform_driver_register() failed.

Fix by checking the return value of platform_driver_register() and
unregister cros_usbpd_notify_plat_driver when it failed.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50468?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-50468?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-50468 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50468 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-50468 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-50468 is a medium-severity 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-2022-50468 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-2022-50468/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50468/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50468
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50468
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50468

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50468/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.