CVE-2022-50190: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: Fix simplification of devm_spi_register_controller This reverts commit 59ebbe40fb51 ("spi: simplify devm_spi_register_controller"). If devm_add_action() fails in devm_add_action_or_reset(), devm_spi_unregister() will be called, it decreases the refcount of 'ctlr->dev' to 0, then it will cause uaf in the drivers that calling spi_put_controller() in error path.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.13, before 5.15.61 (fixed in 5.15.61); from 5.16, before 5.18.18 (fixed in 5.18.18); from 5.19, before 5.19.2 (fixed in 5.19.2)

Published 2025-06-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.