CVE-2022-50621 dm: verity-loadpin: Only trust verity targets with enforcement
Attackers can bypass LoadPin security by using verity targets configured to ignore data corruption, allowing untrusted code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-50621?
CVE-2022-50621 is a 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:
dm: verity-loadpin: Only trust verity targets with enforcement
Verity targets can be configured to ignore corrupted data blocks. LoadPin must only trust verity targets that are configured to perform some kind of enforcement when data corruption is detected, like returning an error, restarting the system or triggering a panic.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50621?
How do I fix CVE-2022-50621?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2022-50621 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50621 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50621, GHSA-j7cr-m6w2-c634, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50621.