CVE-2022-50117: vfio: Split migration ops from main device ops
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.16% (FIRST EPSS).
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
- Fixed version: Linux Linux 6e97eba8ad8748fabb795cffc5d9e1a7dcfd7367, bba6b12d73d36e0ddbc2c3ac5668a667b00d4345.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 6e97eba8ad8748fabb795cffc5d9e1a7dcfd7367, bba6b12d73d36e0ddbc2c3ac5668a667b00d4345 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vfio: Split migration ops from main device ops vfio core checks whether the driver sets some migration op (e.g. set_state/get_state) and accordingly calls its op. However, currently mlx5 driver sets the above ops without regards to its migration caps. This might lead to unexpected usage/Oops if user space may call to the above ops even if the driver doesn't support migration. As for example, the migration state_mutex is not initialized in that case. The cleanest way to manage that seems to split the migration ops from the main device ops, this will let the driver setting them separately from the main ops when it's applicable. As part of that, validate ops construction on registration and include a check for VFIO_MIGRATION_STOP_COPY since the uAPI claims it must be set in migration_flags. HISI driver was changed as well to match this scheme. This scheme may enable down the road to come with some extra group of ops (e.g. DMA log) that can be set without regards to the other options based on driver caps.
- Published
- Jun 18, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.1% · 5th percentile
- CWE
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Report tools
Action score
22
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.1%
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| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux kernel | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- linux linux kernel5.18 and later · before 5.19.2
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Linux Linux
- 5.18affected
- 6fadb021266d03c5fd7bca2cfa1607efd246dad1 and later · before bba6b12d73d36e0ddbc2c3ac5668a667b00d4345affected · git
- 6fadb021266d03c5fd7bca2cfa1607efd246dad1 and later · before 6e97eba8ad8748fabb795cffc5d9e1a7dcfd7367affected · git
- before 5.18not affected · semver
- 5.19.2 and later · up to and including 5.19.*not affected · semver
- 6.0 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | linux | before 6.0.2-1 | 6.0.2-1 |
Same product
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Published before and after this one in the same product
- ← EarlierCVE-2022-50115Jun 18, 2025 · ASoC: SOF: ipc3-topology: Prevent double freeing of ipc_control_data via load_bytes31Monitor
- ← EarlierCVE-2022-50116Jun 18, 2025 · tty: n_gsm: fix deadlock and link starvation in outgoing data path22Monitor
- Later →CVE-2022-50118Jun 18, 2025 · powerpc/perf: Optimize clearing the pending PMI and remove WARN_ON for PMI check in power_pmu_disable22Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 6e97eba8ad8748fabb795cffc5d9e1a7dcfd7367 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | bba6b12d73d36e0ddbc2c3ac5668a667b00d4345 | Vendor (CNA) |
| debian:linux | 6.0.2-1 · Debian:12 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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Timeline
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No dated events beyond publication.
No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).
Patch and commit links
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Credits
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Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
- A low-privileged account is enough.
- No user action is required.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- none
- Integrity
- none
- Availability
- high · the service can be disrupted
- Attack vector
- Local
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality impact
- None
- Integrity impact
- None
- Availability impact
- High
Weakness class (CWE)
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CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
nvd-primary
Attack context
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Change log
- Fix✗ → ✓
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References
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