{"cve":"CVE-2022-50423","nvd":{"published":"2025-10-01T12:15:33.683","modified":"2026-06-17T05:23:31.393","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nACPICA: Fix use-after-free in acpi_ut_copy_ipackage_to_ipackage()\n\nThere is an use-after-free reported by KASAN:\n\n  BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in acpi_ut_remove_reference+0x3b/0x82\n  Read of size 1 at addr ffff888112afc460 by task modprobe/2111\n  CPU: 0 PID: 2111 Comm: modprobe Not tainted 6.1.0-rc7-dirty\n  Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996),\n  Call Trace:\n   <TASK>\n   kasan_report+0xae/0xe0\n   acpi_ut_remove_reference+0x3b/0x82\n   acpi_ut_copy_iobject_to_iobject+0x3be/0x3d5\n   acpi_ds_store_object_to_local+0x15d/0x3a0\n   acpi_ex_store+0x78d/0x7fd\n   acpi_ex_opcode_1A_1T_1R+0xbe4/0xf9b\n   acpi_ps_parse_aml+0x217/0x8d5\n   ...\n   </TASK>\n\nThe root cause of the problem is that the acpi_operand_object\nis freed when acpi_ut_walk_package_tree() fails in\nacpi_ut_copy_ipackage_to_ipackage(), lead to repeated release in\nacpi_ut_copy_iobject_to_iobject(). The problem was introduced\nby \"8aa5e56eeb61\" commit, this commit is to fix memory leak in\nacpi_ut_copy_iobject_to_iobject(), repeatedly adding remove\noperation, lead to \"acpi_operand_object\" used after free.\n\nFix it by removing acpi_ut_remove_reference() in\nacpi_ut_copy_ipackage_to_ipackage(). acpi_ut_copy_ipackage_to_ipackage()\nis called to copy an internal package object into another internal\npackage object, when it fails, the memory of acpi_operand_object\nshould be freed by the caller.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01f2c2052ea50fb9a8ce12e4e83aed0267934ef0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02617006b5a46f2ea55ac61f5693c7afd7bf9276","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02f237423c9c6a18e062de2d474f85d5659e4eb9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/133462d35dae95edb944af86b986d4c9dec59bd1","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/470188b09e92d83c5a997f25f0e8fb8cd2bc3469"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:11:26.888974865+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-50423","score":0.00166,"percentile":0.05901,"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."]}