# CVE-2022-50245: rapidio: fix possible UAF when kfifo\_alloc() fails

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-09-15 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.6

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rapidio: fix possible UAF when kfifo_alloc() fails If kfifo_alloc() fails in mport_cdev_open(), goto err_fifo and just free priv. But priv is still in the chdev->file_list, then list traversal may cause UAF. This fixes the following smatch warning: drivers/rapidio/devices/rio_mport_cdev.c:1930 mport_cdev_open() warn: '&priv->list' not removed from list

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2a6c75adf8192f07ddcdd4a1a13488c890a73919
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2dfd60724d271a6ab99f93f40f38f2ced1ddbb87
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a253dde0403a153075ffb254f6f7b2635e49e97a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/311b488405ac45af46756b1c8f1d27007b68b07e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ee850645e42f541ce1ea8130c2b27cc495f965c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f5cc7fd73fd6253cc71214f0dd499cc62feb469
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ba06e57f933f0eac242e8b389433da1cc00d4d5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb87af2c19c0993f6e21f75b963a5599c5a73e76
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02d7d89f816951e0862147d751b1150d67aaebdd

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