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GHSA-CRW3-PH9V-P9P3

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-10-07 18:31 – Updated: 2026-02-04 18:30

Details

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

parisc: Fix locking in pdc_iodc_print() firmware call

Utilize pdc_lock spinlock to protect parallel modifications of the iodc_dbuf[] buffer, check length to prevent buffer overflow of iodc_dbuf[], drop the iodc_retbuf[] buffer and fix some wrong indentings.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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  "modified": "2026-02-04T18:30:19Z",
  "published": "2025-10-07T18:31:08Z",
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CVE-2022-50518 (GCVE-0-2022-50518)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-10-07 15:19 – Updated: 2026-08-05 08:59

Title

parisc: Fix locking in pdc_iodc_print() firmware call

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: parisc: Fix locking in pdc_iodc_print() firmware call Utilize pdc_lock spinlock to protect parallel modifications of the iodc_dbuf[] buffer, check length to prevent buffer overflow of iodc_dbuf[], drop the iodc_retbuf[] buffer and fix some wrong indentings.

Severity

7.8 (High)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Assigner

Linux mitre root

References

3 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04a603058e70b8b88…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/553bc5890ed96a8d0…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7236aae5f81f3efbd…

Impacted products

2 products

Vendor	Product	Version
Linux	Linux	Affected: ef1afd4d79f0479960ff36bb5fe6ec6eba1ebff2 , < 04a603058e70b8b881bb7860b8bd649f931f2591 (git) Affected: ef1afd4d79f0479960ff36bb5fe6ec6eba1ebff2 , < 553bc5890ed96a8d006224c3a4673c47fee0d12a (git) Affected: ef1afd4d79f0479960ff36bb5fe6ec6eba1ebff2 , < 7236aae5f81f3efbd93d0601e74fc05994bc2580 (git) Affected: 24319896af06b84f965bcefa0f2d926b726ed05b (git) Affected: 2.6.24.5 , < 2.6.25 (semver)
Linux	Linux	Affected: 2.6.25 Unaffected: 0 , < 2.6.25 (semver) Unaffected: 6.0.18 , ≤ 6.0.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.4 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.2 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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