CVE-2022-50315CWE-129

CVE-2022-50315

High · published September 15, 2025

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
5.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

ata: ahci: Match EM_MAX_SLOTS with SATA_PMP_MAX_PORTS

UBSAN complains about array-index-out-of-bounds:

[ 1.980703] kernel: UBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in /build/linux-9H675w/linux-5.15.0/drivers/ata/libahci.c:968:41

[ 1.980709] kernel: index 15 is out of range for type 'ahci_em_priv [8]'

[ 1.980713] kernel: CPU: 0 PID: 209 Comm: scsi_eh_8 Not tainted 5.15.0-25-generic #25-Ubuntu

[ 1.980716] kernel: Hardware name: System manufacturer System Product Name/P5Q3, BIOS 1102 06/11/2010

[ 1.980718] kernel: Call Trace:

[ 1.980721] kernel: <TASK>

[ 1.980723] kernel: show_stack+0x52/0x58

[ 1.980729] kernel: dump_stack_lvl+0x4a/0x5f

[ 1.980734] kernel: dump_stack+0x10/0x12

[ 1.980736] kernel: ubsan_epilogue+0x9/0x45

[ 1.980739] kernel: __ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds.cold+0x44/0x49

[ 1.980742] kernel: ahci_qc_issue+0x166/0x170 [libahci]

[ 1.980748] kernel: ata_qc_issue+0x135/0x240

[ 1.980752] kernel: ata_exec_internal_sg+0x2c4/0x580

[ 1.980754] kernel: ? vprintk_default+0x1d/0x20

[ 1.980759] kernel: ata_exec_internal+0x67/0xa0

[ 1.980762] kernel: sata_pmp_read+0x8d/0xc0

[ 1.980765] kernel: sata_pmp_read_gscr+0x3c/0x90

[ 1.980768] kernel: sata_pmp_attach+0x8b/0x310

[ 1.980771] kernel: ata_eh_revalidate_and_attach+0x28c/0x4b0

[ 1.980775] kernel: ata_eh_recover+0x6b6/0xb30

[ 1.980778] kernel: ? ahci_do_hardreset+0x180/0x180 [libahci]

[ 1.980783] kernel: ? ahci_stop_engine+0xb0/0xb0 [libahci]

[ 1.980787] kernel: ? ahci_do_softreset+0x290/0x290 [libahci]

[ 1.980792] kernel: ? trace_event_raw_event_ata_eh_link_autopsy_qc+0xe0/0xe0

[ 1.980795] kernel: sata_pmp_eh_recover.isra.0+0x214/0x560

[ 1.980799] kernel: sata_pmp_error_handler+0x23/0x40

[ 1.980802] kernel: ahci_error_handler+0x43/0x80 [libahci]

[ 1.980806] kernel: ata_scsi_port_error_handler+0x2b1/0x600

[ 1.980810] kernel: ata_scsi_error+0x9c/0xd0

[ 1.980813] kernel: scsi_error_handler+0xa1/0x180

[ 1.980817] kernel: ? scsi_unjam_host+0x1c0/0x1c0

[ 1.980820] kernel: kthread+0x12a/0x150

[ 1.980823] kernel: ? set_kthread_struct+0x50/0x50

[ 1.980826] kernel: ret_from_fork+0x22/0x30

[ 1.980831] kernel: </TASK>

This happens because sata_pmp_init_links() initialize link->pmp up to

SATA_PMP_MAX_PORTS while em_priv is declared as 8 elements array.

I can't find the maximum Enclosure Management ports specified in AHCI

spec v1.3.1, but "12.2.1 LED message type" states that "Port Multiplier

Information" can utilize 4 bits, which implies it can support up to 16

ports. Hence, use SATA_PMP_MAX_PORTS as EM_MAX_SLOTS to resolve the

issue.

BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1970074

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00168 · 5.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-129 · Improper Validation of Array Index
Published
2025-09-15T19:15Z
Affected products (8)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel< 4.9.3324.9.332
linux/linux_kernel≥ 4.10, < 4.14.2984.14.298
linux/linux_kernel≥ 4.15, < 4.19.2644.19.264
linux/linux_kernel≥ 4.20, < 5.4.2215.4.221
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.5, < 5.10.1525.10.152
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.11, < 5.15.765.15.76
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.16, < 6.0.66.0.6
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
References (8)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 15 SEP 14:46Z
    ata: ahci: Match EM_MAX_SLOTS with SATA_PMP_MAX_PORTS
    cvelistv5