CVE-2022-50570 platform/chrome: fix memory corruption in ioctl
A memory corruption vulnerability in the Linux kernel's Chrome platform driver allows attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges via a crafted ioctl call.
- 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
What is CVE-2022-50570?
CVE-2022-50570 is a high-severity memory corruption 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:
platform/chrome: fix memory corruption in ioctl
If "s_mem.bytes" is larger than the buffer size it leads to memory corruption.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50570?
How do I fix CVE-2022-50570?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2022-50570 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50570 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50570, GHSA-2mvj-crxg-jh3w, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50570.