{"cve":"CVE-2022-50078","nvd":{"published":"2025-06-18T11:15:36.753","modified":"2026-06-17T05:22:42.910","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntracing/eprobes: Do not allow eprobes to use $stack, or % for regs\n\nWhile playing with event probes (eprobes), I tried to see what would\nhappen if I attempted to retrieve the instruction pointer (%rip) knowing\nthat event probes do not use pt_regs. The result was:\n\n BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000024\n #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode\n #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page\n PGD 0 P4D 0\n Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI\n CPU: 1 PID: 1847 Comm: trace-cmd Not tainted 5.19.0-rc5-test+ #309\n Hardware name: Hewlett-Packard HP Compaq Pro 6300 SFF/339A, BIOS K01\nv03.03 07/14/2016\n RIP: 0010:get_event_field.isra.0+0x0/0x50\n Code: ff 48 c7 c7 c0 8f 74 a1 e8 3d 8b f5 ff e8 88 09 f6 ff 4c 89 e7 e8\n50 6a 13 00 48 89 ef 5b 5d 41 5c 41 5d e9 42 6a 13 00 66 90 <48> 63 47 24\n8b 57 2c 48 01 c6 8b 47 28 83 f8 02 74 0e 83 f8 04 74\n RSP: 0018:ffff916c394bbaf0 EFLAGS: 00010086\n RAX: ffff916c854041d8 RBX: ffff916c8d9fbf50 RCX: ffff916c255d2000\n RDX: 0000000000000000 RSI: ffff916c255d2008 RDI: 0000000000000000\n RBP: 0000000000000000 R08: ffff916c3a2a0c08 R09: ffff916c394bbda8\n R10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000000 R12: ffff916c854041d8\n R13: ffff916c854041b0 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000\n FS:  0000000000000000(0000) GS:ffff916c9ea40000(0000)\nknlGS:0000000000000000\n CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\n CR2: 0000000000000024 CR3: 000000011b60a002 CR4: 00000000001706e0\n Call Trace:\n  <TASK>\n  get_eprobe_size+0xb4/0x640\n  ? __mod_node_page_state+0x72/0xc0\n  __eprobe_trace_func+0x59/0x1a0\n  ? __mod_lruvec_page_state+0xaa/0x1b0\n  ? page_remove_file_rmap+0x14/0x230\n  ? page_remove_rmap+0xda/0x170\n  event_triggers_call+0x52/0xe0\n  trace_event_buffer_commit+0x18f/0x240\n  trace_event_raw_event_sched_wakeup_template+0x7a/0xb0\n  try_to_wake_up+0x260/0x4c0\n  __wake_up_common+0x80/0x180\n  __wake_up_common_lock+0x7c/0xc0\n  do_notify_parent+0x1c9/0x2a0\n  exit_notify+0x1a9/0x220\n  do_exit+0x2ba/0x450\n  do_group_exit+0x2d/0x90\n  __x64_sys_exit_group+0x14/0x20\n  do_syscall_64+0x3b/0x90\n  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0\n\nObviously this is not the desired result.\n\nMove the testing for TPARG_FL_TPOINT which is only used for event probes\nto the top of the \"$\" variable check, as all the other variables are not\nused for event probes. Also add a check in the register parsing \"%\" to\nfail if an event probe is used.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2673c60ee67e71f2ebe34386e62d348f71edee47","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7c262114a576d94c0ced80e232bbb17391a55908","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba53c21ce9773743b8e0a8ada048c96ff2d55c67"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:03:23.287444849+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-50078","score":0.00243,"percentile":0.15489,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}