CVE-2022-50400

staging: greybus: audio_helper: remove unused and wrong debugfs usage

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 18, 2025 at 01:58 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:23 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: greybus: audio_helper: remove unused and wrong debugfs usage In the greybus audio_helper code, the debugfs file for the dapm has the potential to be removed and memory will be leaked. There is also the very real potential for this code to remove ALL debugfs entries from the system, and it seems like this is what will really happen if this code ever runs. This all is very wrong as the greybus audio driver did not create this debugfs file, the sound core did and controls the lifespan of it. So remove all of the debugfs logic from the audio_helper code as there's no way it could be correct. If this really is needed, it can come back with a fixup for the incorrect usage of the debugfs_lookup() call which is what caused this to be noticed at all.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 5.10.1505.11 ≤ v < 5.15.755.16 ≤ v < 5.19.175.9 ≤ v < 5.10.1505.9 ≤ v < 5.15.755.9 ≤ v < 5.19.175.9 ≤ v < 6.0.35.9 ≤ v < 6.16.0 ≤ v < 6.0.35.9510e340efe0cbd379cf1ff3490d088c3299749b1
Vendor states this is fixed in 4dab0d27a4211a27135a6899d6c737e6e0759a11 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5699afbff1fa2972722e863906c0320d55dd4d58 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d0febad83e29d85bb66e4f5cac0115b022403338 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d517cdeb904ddc0cbebcc959d43596426cac40b0 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d835fa49d9589a780ff0d001bb7e6323238a4afb (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.150 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.75 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.19.17 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.0.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1 (unaffected)

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

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CVSS

5.5MEDIUMCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-401

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