CVE-2022-50560

  • Published: 2025-10-22T14:15:40.737
  • Last modified: 1761167568

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drm/meson: explicitly remove aggregate driver at module unload time

Because component_master_del wasn’t being called when unloading the
meson_drm module, the aggregate device would linger forever in the global
aggregate_devices list. That means when unloading and reloading the
meson_dw_hdmi module, component_add would call into
try_to_bring_up_aggregate_device and find the unbound meson_drm aggregate
device.

This would in turn dereference some of the aggregate_device’s struct
entries which point to memory automatically freed by the devres API when
unbinding the aggregate device from meson_drv_unbind, and trigger an
use-after-free bug:

[ +0.000014] =============================================================
[ +0.000007] BUG: KASAN: use-after-free in find_components+0x468/0x500
[ +0.000017] Read of size 8 at addr ffff000006731688 by task modprobe/2536
[ +0.000018] CPU: 4 PID: 2536 Comm: modprobe Tainted: G C O 5.19.0-rc6-lrmbkasan+ #1
[ +0.000010] Hardware name: Hardkernel ODROID-N2Plus (DT)
[ +0.000008] Call trace:
[ +0.000005] dump_backtrace+0x1ec/0x280
[ +0.000011] show_stack+0x24/0x80
[ +0.000007] dump_stack_lvl+0x98/0xd4
[ +0.000010] print_address_description.constprop.0+0x80/0x520
[ +0.000011] print_report+0x128/0x260
[ +0.000007] kasan_report+0xb8/0xfc
[ +0.000007] __asan_report_load8_noabort+0x3c/0x50
[ +0.000009] find_components+0x468/0x500
[ +0.000008] try_to_bring_up_aggregate_device+0x64/0x390
[ +0.000009] __component_add+0x1dc/0x49c
[ +0.000009] component_add+0x20/0x30
[ +0.000008] meson_dw_hdmi_probe+0x28/0x34 [meson_dw_hdmi]
[ +0.000013] platform_probe+0xd0/0x220
[ +0.000008] really_probe+0x3ac/0xa80
[ +0.000008] __driver_probe_device+0x1f8/0x400
[ +0.000008] driver_probe_device+0x68/0x1b0
[ +0.000008] __driver_attach+0x20c/0x480
[ +0.000009] bus_for_each_dev+0x114/0x1b0
[ +0.000007] driver_attach+0x48/0x64
[ +0.000009] bus_add_driver+0x390/0x564
[ +0.000007] driver_register+0x1a8/0x3e4
[ +0.000009] __platform_driver_register+0x6c/0x94
[ +0.000007] meson_dw_hdmi_platform_driver_init+0x30/0x1000 [meson_dw_hdmi]
[ +0.000014] do_one_initcall+0xc4/0x2b0
[ +0.000008] do_init_module+0x154/0x570
[ +0.000010] load_module+0x1a78/0x1ea4
[ +0.000008] __do_sys_init_module+0x184/0x1cc
[ +0.000008] __arm64_sys_init_module+0x78/0xb0
[ +0.000008] invoke_syscall+0x74/0x260
[ +0.000008] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0xcc/0x260
[ +0.000009] do_el0_svc+0x50/0x70
[ +0.000008] el0_svc+0x68/0x1a0
[ +0.000009] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x11c/0x150
[ +0.000009] el0t_64_sync+0x18c/0x190

[ +0.000014] Allocated by task 902:
[ +0.000007] kasan_save_stack+0x2c/0x5c
[ +0.000009] __kasan_kmalloc+0x90/0xd0
[ +0.000007] __kmalloc_node+0x240/0x580
[ +0.000010] memcg_alloc_slab_cgroups+0xa4/0x1ac
[ +0.000010] memcg_slab_post_alloc_hook+0xbc/0x4c0
[ +0.000008] kmem_cache_alloc_node+0x1d0/0x490
[ +0.000009] __alloc_skb+0x1d4/0x310
[ +0.000010] alloc_skb_with_frags+0x8c/0x620
[ +0.000008] sock_alloc_send_pskb+0x5ac/0x6d0
[ +0.000010] unix_dgram_sendmsg+0x2e0/0x12f0
[ +0.000010] sock_sendmsg+0xcc/0x110
[ +0.000007] sock_write_iter+0x1d0/0x304
[ +0.000008] new_sync_write+0x364/0x460
[ +0.000007] vfs_write+0x420/0x5ac
[ +0.000008] ksys_write+0x19c/0x1f0
[ +0.000008] __arm64_sys_write+0x78/0xb0
[ +0.000007] invoke_syscall+0x74/0x260
[ +0.000008] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x1a8/0x260
[ +0.000009] do_el0_svc+0x50/0x70
[ +0.000007] el0_svc+0x68/0x1a0
[ +0.000008] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x11c/0x150
[ +0.000008] el0t_64_sync+0x18c/0x190

[ +0.000013] Freed by task 2509:
[ +0.000008] kasan_save_stack+0x2c/0x5c
[ +0.000007] kasan_set_track+0x2c/0x40
[ +0.000008] kasan_set_free_info+0x28/0x50
[ +0.000008] ____kasan_slab_free+0x128/0x1d4
[ +0.000008] __kasan_slab_free+0x18/0x24
[ +0.000007] slab_free_freelist_hook+0x108/0x230
[ +0.000010]
—truncated—

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How to fix CVE-2022-50560

CVE-2022-50560 is a unknown severity vulnerability affecting the affected product.

Description: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/meson: explicitly remove aggregate driver at module unload time Because component_master_del wasn’t being called when unloading the meson_drm module, the aggregate device would linger forever in the global aggregate_devices list. That means when unloading and reloading the meson_dw_hdmi module, component_add would call into try_to_bring_up_aggregate_device and […]

Exploit Difficulty: HARD
⏱️ Time to exploit: > 4 hours
🛠️ Required skills: Advanced security expertise
💰 Public exploits: Rare or not public

How to Fix:

1 Identify affected systems

- Check if you're running the affected product

2 Immediate actions

- Update to the latest patched version
- If patching is not immediately possible: restrict network exposure, apply least-privilege access

3 Verification

- Test the fix in a staging environment first
- Review logs for signs of exploitation
- Monitor for IOCs (Indicators of Compromise)

4 Long-term prevention

- Enable automatic security updates
- Set up vulnerability monitoring
- Review and harden security configurations

Exploit Difficulty Assessment

HARD
⏱️ Time to Exploit: > 4 hours
🛠️ Skills Required: Advanced security expertise
💰 Public Exploits: Rare or not public

Vulnerability Timeline

Oct 22, 2025
Vulnerability Published

CVE details first published to NVD database

Jan 01, 1970
Last Modified

CVE details were updated

Oct 28, 2025
Imported to Database

Added to this CVE tracking system

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