Bug 2396516 (CVE-2022-50411)

Summary: CVE-2022-50411 kernel: ACPICA: Fix error code path in acpi_ds_call_control_method()
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-09-18 17:02:47 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ACPICA: Fix error code path in acpi_ds_call_control_method()

A use-after-free in acpi_ps_parse_aml() after a failing invocaion of
acpi_ds_call_control_method() is reported by KASAN [1] and code
inspection reveals that next_walk_state pushed to the thread by
acpi_ds_create_walk_state() is freed on errors, but it is not popped
from the thread beforehand.  Thus acpi_ds_get_current_walk_state()
called by acpi_ps_parse_aml() subsequently returns it as the new
walk state which is incorrect.

To address this, make acpi_ds_call_control_method() call
acpi_ds_pop_walk_state() to pop next_walk_state from the thread before
returning an error.
Comment 1 Keith Grant 2025-09-18 19:16:29 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025091854-CVE-2022-50411-45ab@gregkh/T