# CVE-2022-50130: staging: fbtft: core: set smem\_len before fb\_deferred\_io\_init call

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.18.18
- Published: 2025-06-18 · Updated: 2026-05-23

## Affected

- Linux: from 5.18.3, fixed in 5.18.18
- Linux: 5.19

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: fbtft: core: set smem_len before fb_deferred_io_init call The fbtft_framebuffer_alloc() calls fb_deferred_io_init() before initializing info->fix.smem_len. It is set to zero by the framebuffer_alloc() function. It will trigger a WARN_ON() at the start of fb_deferred_io_init() and the function will not do anything.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.18.18) per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4178bfa3fc9de556dfe248a6eabe29280f0ffda5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5185c319e8ea67657e0d3edd520a7276516c506a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ae6abe240306f878557d6eadd950a2e2561f59f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81e878887ff82a7dd42f22951391069a5d520627

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