# CVE-2022-50560: drm/meson: explicitly remove aggregate driver at module unload time

> A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's meson DRM driver allows local attackers with module loading privileges to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges.

- **Severity:** Not scored
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 22 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 15 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50560, GHSA-mhg5-g587-7chq, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50560

## What is CVE-2022-50560?

CVE-2022-50560 is an use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 22 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:

drm/meson: explicitly remove aggregate driver at module unload time

Because component_master_del wasn't being called when unloading the
meson_drm module, the aggregate device would linger forever in the global
aggregate_devices list. That means when unloading and reloading the
meson_dw_hdmi module, component_add would call into
try_to_bring_up_aggregate_device and find the unbound meson_drm aggregate
device.

This would in turn dereference some of the aggregate_device's struct
entries which point to memory automatically freed by the devres API when
unbinding the aggregate device from meson_drv_unbind, and trigger an
use-after-free bug:

[  +0.000014] =============================================================
[  +0.000007] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in find_components+0x468/0x500
[  +0.000017] Read of size 8 at addr ffff000006731688 by task modprobe/2536
[  +0.000018] CPU: 4 PID: 2536 Comm: modprobe Tainted: G         C O      5.19.0-rc6-lrmbkasan+ #1
[  +0.000010] Hardware name: Hardkernel ODROID-N2Plus (DT)
[  +0.000008] Call trace:
[  +0.000005]  dump_backtrace+0x1ec/0x280
[  +0.000011]  show_stack+0x24/0x80
[  +0.000007]  dump_stack_lvl+0x98/0xd4
[  +0.000010]  print_address_description.constprop.0+0x80/0x520
[  +0.000011]  print_report+0x128/0x260
[  +0.000007]  kasan_report+0xb8/0xfc
[  +0.000007]  __asan_report_load8_noabort+0x3c/0x50
[  +0.000009]  find_components+0x468/0x500
[  +0.000008]  try_to_bring_up_aggregate_device+0x64/0x390
[  +0.000009]  __component_add+0x1dc/0x49c
[  +0.000009]  component_add+0x20/0x30
[  +0.000008]  meson_dw_hdmi_probe+0x28/0x34 [meson_dw_hdmi]
[  +0.000013]  platform_probe+0xd0/0x220
[  +0.000008]  really_probe+0x3ac/0xa80
[  +0.000008]  __driver_probe_device+0x1f8/0x400
[  +0.000008]  driver_probe_device+0x68/0x1b0
[  +0.000008]  __driver_attach+0x20c/0x480
[  +0.000009]  bus_for_each_dev+0x114/0x1b0
[  +0.000007]  driver_attach+0x48/0x64
[  +0.000009]  bus_add_driver+0x390/0x564
[  +0.000007]  driver_register+0x1a8/0x3e4
[  +0.000009]  __platform_driver_register+0x6c/0x94
[  +0.000007]  meson_dw_hdmi_platform_driver_init+0x30/0x1000 [meson_dw_hdmi]
[  +0.000014]  do_one_initcall+0xc4/0x2b0
[  +0.000008]  do_init_module+0x154/0x570
[  +0.000010]  load_module+0x1a78/0x1ea4
[  +0.000008]  __do_sys_init_module+0x184/0x1cc
[  +0.000008]  __arm64_sys_init_module+0x78/0xb0
[  +0.000008]  invoke_syscall+0x74/0x260
[  +0.000008]  el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xcc/0x260
[  +0.000009]  do_el0_svc+0x50/0x70
[  +0.000008]  el0_svc+0x68/0x1a0
[  +0.000009]  el0t_64_sync_handler+0x11c/0x150
[  +0.000009]  el0t_64_sync+0x18c/0x190

[  +0.000014] Allocated by task 902:
[  +0.000007]  kasan_save_stack+0x2c/0x5c
[  +0.000009]  __kasan_kmalloc+0x90/0xd0
[  +0.000007]  __kmalloc_node+0x240/0x580
[  +0.000010]  memcg_alloc_slab_cgroups+0xa4/0x1ac
[  +0.000010]  memcg_slab_post_alloc_hook+0xbc/0x4c0
[  +0.000008]  kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1d0/0x490
[  +0.000009]  __alloc_skb+0x1d4/0x310
[  +0.000010]  alloc_skb_with_frags+0x8c/0x620
[  +0.000008]  sock_alloc_send_pskb+0x5ac/0x6d0
[  +0.000010]  unix_dgram_sendmsg+0x2e0/0x12f0
[  +0.000010]  sock_sendmsg+0xcc/0x110
[  +0.000007]  sock_write_iter+0x1d0/0x304
[  +0.000008]  new_sync_write+0x364/0x460
[  +0.000007]  vfs_write+0x420/0x5ac
[  +0.000008]  ksys_write+0x19c/0x1f0
[  +0.000008]  __arm64_sys_write+0x78/0xb0
[  +0.000007]  invoke_syscall+0x74/0x260
[  +0.000008]  el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x1a8/0x260
[  +0.000009]  do_el0_svc+0x50/0x70
[  +0.000007]  el0_svc+0x68/0x1a0
[  +0.000008]  el0t_64_sync_handler+0x11c/0x150
[  +0.000008]  el0t_64_sync+0x18c/0x190

[  +0.000013] Freed by task 2509:
[  +0.000008]  kasan_save_stack+0x2c/0x5c
[  +0.000007]  kasan_set_track+0x2c/0x40
[  +0.000008]  kasan_set_free_info+0x28/0x50
[  +0.000008]  ____kasan_slab_free+0x128/0x1d4
[  +0.000008]  __kasan_slab_free+0x18/0x24
[  +0.000007]  slab_free_freelist_hook+0x108/0x230
[  +0.000010] 
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## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50560?


## How do I fix CVE-2022-50560?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-50560 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50560 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-50560 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-50560 is an use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 22 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-2022-50560 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux. 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-2022-50560/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50560/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50560
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50560
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50560

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