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Vulnerability record · CVE-2022-50470 · published 4 October 2025

CVE-2022-50470: Linux kernel double free vulnerability

Linux · Linux Kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xhci: Remove device endpoints from bandwidth list when freeing the device Endpoints are normally deleted from the bandwidth list when they are dropped, before the virt device is freed. If xHC host is dying or being removed then the endpoints aren't dropped cleanly due to functions returning early to avoid interacting with a non-accessible host controller. So check and delete endpoints that are still on the bandwidth list when freeing the virt device. Solves a list_del corruption kernel crash when unbinding xhci-pci, caused by xhci_mem_cleanup() when it later tried to delete already freed endpoints from the bandwidth list. This only affects hosts that use software bandwidth checking, which currenty is only the xHC in intel Panther Point PCH (Ivy Bridge)

7.8 CVSS 3.1 High EPSS 0.17% · top 94.6% CWE-415 · Double free
7.8CVSS 3.1 base score
0.17%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xhci: Remove device endpoints from bandwidth list when freeing the device Endpoints are normally deleted from the bandwidth list when they are dropped, before the virt device is freed. If xHC host is dying or being removed then the endpoints aren't dropped cleanly due to functions returning early to avoid interacting with a non-accessible host controller. So check and delete endpoints that are still on the bandwidth list when freeing the virt device. Solves a list_del corruption kernel crash when unbinding xhci-pci, caused by xhci_mem_cleanup() when it later tried to delete already freed endpoints from the bandwidth list. This only affects hosts that use software bandwidth checking, which currenty is only the xHC in intel Panther Point PCH (Ivy Bridge)

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

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3bf860a41e0f2fcea0ac3aae8f7ef887a7994b70 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5aed5b7c2430ce318a8e62f752f181e66f0d1053 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e4ce28ad907aa54f13b21d5f1dc490525957b0c Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/678d2cc2041cc6ce05030852dce9ad42719abcfc Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f1cd9633d1f21efc13e8fc75be8f2b6bb85e38c Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c892a81c7424b4f6a660cb9c249d354ccf3afeca Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cebbc8d335d6bcc1316584f779c08f80287c6af8 Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0de39474078adef6ece7a183e34c15ce2c1d8d1 Patch

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2022-50470), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.