CVE-2022-50614 misc: pci_endpoint_test: Fix pci_endpoint_test_{copy,write,read}() panic
A local attacker can trigger a kernel panic in the PCI endpoint test driver by passing zero-length data, causing a denial of service.
- 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-2022-50614?
CVE-2022-50614 is a denial of service vulnerability in Linux, published on 8 Dec 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:
misc: pci_endpoint_test: Fix pci_endpoint_test_{copy,write,read}() panic
The dma_map_single() doesn't permit zero length mapping. It causes a follow panic.
A panic was reported on arm64:
[ 60.137988] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 60.142630] kernel BUG at kernel/dma/swiotlb.c:624! [ 60.147508] Internal error: Oops - BUG: 0 [#1] PREEMPT SMP [ 60.152992] Modules linked in: dw_hdmi_cec crct10dif_ce simple_bridge rcar_fdp1 vsp1 rcar_vin videobuf2_vmalloc rcar_csi2 v4l 2_mem2mem videobuf2_dma_contig videobuf2_memops pci_endpoint_test videobuf2_v4l2 videobuf2_common rcar_fcp v4l2_fwnode v4l2_asyn c videodev mc gpio_bd9571mwv max9611 pwm_rcar ccree at24 authenc libdes phy_rcar_gen3_usb3 usb_dmac display_connector pwm_bl [ 60.186252] CPU: 0 PID: 508 Comm: pcitest Not tainted 6.0.0-rc1rpci-dev+ #237 [ 60.193387] Hardware name: Renesas Salvator-X 2nd version board based on r8a77951 (DT) [ 60.201302] pstate: 00000005 (nzcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 60.208263] pc : swiotlb_tbl_map_single+0x2c0/0x590 [ 60.213149] lr : swiotlb_map+0x88/0x1f0 [ 60.216982] sp : ffff80000a883bc0 [ 60.220292] x29: ffff80000a883bc0 x28: 0000000000000000 x27: 0000000000000000 [ 60.227430] x26: 0000000000000000 x25: ffff0004c0da20d0 x24: ffff80000a1f77c0 [ 60.234567] x23: 0000000000000002 x22: 0001000040000010 x21: 000000007a000000 [ 60.241703] x20: 0000000000200000 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: 0000000000000000 [ 60.248840] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: ffff0006ff7b9180 [ 60.255977] x14: ffff0006ff7b9180 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000 [ 60.263113] x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : 0000000000000000 [ 60.270249] x8 : 0001000000000010 x7 : ffff0004c6754b20 x6 : 0000000000000000 [ 60.277385] x5 : ffff0004c0da2090 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000001 [ 60.284521] x2 : 0000000040000000 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 0000000040000010 [ 60.291658] Call trace: [ 60.294100] swiotlb_tbl_map_single+0x2c0/0x590 [ 60.298629] swiotlb_map+0x88/0x1f0 [ 60.302115] dma_map_page_attrs+0x188/0x230 [ 60.306299] pci_endpoint_test_ioctl+0x5e4/0xd90 [pci_endpoint_test] [ 60.312660] __arm64_sys_ioctl+0xa8/0xf0 [ 60.316583] invoke_syscall+0x44/0x108 [ 60.320334] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xcc/0xf0 [ 60.325038] do_el0_svc+0x2c/0xb8 [ 60.328351] el0_svc+0x2c/0x88 [ 60.331406] el0t_64_sync_handler+0xb8/0xc0 [ 60.335587] el0t_64_sync+0x18c/0x190 [ 60.339251] Code: 52800013 d2e00414 35fff45c d503201f (d4210000) [ 60.345344] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
To fix it, this patch adds a checking the payload length if it is zero.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50614?
How do I fix CVE-2022-50614?
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-2022-50614 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50614 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50614, GHSA-3xmp-jf8j-rjxp, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50614.