CVE-2022-50327 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 93.38%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedSep 15
Latest updateDec 16
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ACPI: processor: idle: Check acpi_fetch_acpi_dev() return value
The return value of acpi_fetch_acpi_dev() could be NULL, which would
cause a NULL pointer dereference to occur in acpi_device_hid().
[ rjw: Subject and changelog edits, added empty line after if () ]
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6
Affected Packages3 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxa36a7fecfe6071732075ad5aa31196adce13181b — 8e8b5f12ee4ab6f5d252c9ca062a4ada9554e6d9+6
Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
3GHSA▶
GHSA-6xpj-qhg8-8h28: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ACPI: processor: idle: Check acpi_fetch_acpi_dev() return value
The return value↗2025-09-15
OSV▶
CVE-2022-50327: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPI: processor: idle: Check acpi_fetch_acpi_dev() return value The return value o↗2025-09-15