CVE-2022-50850 scsi: ipr: Fix WARNING in ipr_init()
A missing cleanup in the ipr driver initialization can trigger a kernel warning, potentially leading to system instability or denial of service.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- An administrator
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-50850?
CVE-2022-50850 is a denial of service vulnerability in Linux, published on 30 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:
scsi: ipr: Fix WARNING in ipr_init()
ipr_init() will not call unregister_reboot_notifier() when pci_register_driver() fails, which causes a WARNING. Call unregister_reboot_notifier() when pci_register_driver() fails.
notifier callback ipr_halt [ipr] already registered WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 299 at kernel/notifier.c:29 notifier_chain_register+0x16d/0x230 Modules linked in: ipr(+) xhci_pci_renesas xhci_hcd ehci_hcd usbcore led_class gpu_sched drm_buddy video wmi drm_ttm_helper ttm drm_display_helper drm_kms_helper drm drm_panel_orientation_quirks agpgart cfbft CPU: 3 PID: 299 Comm: modprobe Tainted: G W 6.1.0-rc1-00190-g39508d23b672-dirty #332 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS rel-1.15.0-0-g2dd4b9b3f840-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:notifier_chain_register+0x16d/0x230 Call Trace: <TASK> __blocking_notifier_chain_register+0x73/0xb0 ipr_init+0x30/0x1000 [ipr] do_one_initcall+0xdb/0x480 do_init_module+0x1cf/0x680 load_module+0x6a50/0x70a0 __do_sys_finit_module+0x12f/0x1c0 do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50850?
How do I fix CVE-2022-50850?
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-2022-50850 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50850 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50850, GHSA-pfgf-m6gj-jfw8, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50850.