CVE-2022-50411
HIGHLinux Kernel - Use-After-Free in ACPICA acpi_ds_call_control_method Error Path
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPICA: Fix error code path in acpi_ds_call_control_method() A use-after-free in acpi_ps_parse_aml() after a failing invocaion of acpi_ds_call_control_method() is reported by KASAN [1] and code inspection reveals that next_walk_state pushed to the thread by acpi_ds_create_walk_state() is freed on errors, but it is not popped from the thread beforehand. Thus acpi_ds_get_current_walk_state() called by acpi_ps_parse_aml() subsequently returns it as the new walk state which is incorrect. To address this, make acpi_ds_call_control_method() call acpi_ds_pop_walk_state() to pop next_walk_state from the thread before returning an error.
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0015
EPSS Percentile
4.7%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
total
Details
CWE
CWE-416
Status
published
Products (29)
linux/Kernel
2.6.12 - 4.9.337linux
linux/Kernel
4.10.0 - 4.14.303linux
linux/Kernel
4.15.0 - 4.19.270linux
linux/Kernel
4.20.0 - 5.4.229linux
linux/Kernel
5.11.0 - 5.15.86linux
linux/Kernel
5.16.0 - 6.0.16linux
linux/Kernel
5.5.0 - 5.10.163linux
linux/Kernel
6.1.0 - 6.1.2linux
Linux/Linux
< 2.6.12
Linux/Linux
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 0462fec709d51762ba486245bc344f44cc6cfa97
... and 19 more
Published
Sep 18, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026