CVE-2022-50501NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.44%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedOct 4

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: coda: Add check for dcoda_iram_alloc As the coda_iram_alloc may return NULL pointer, it should be better to check the return value in order to avoid NULL poineter dereference, same as the others.

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 Packages4 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel3.174.9.337+7
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.178-1+3
CVEListV5linux/linuxb313bcc9a46795c0233a765411cef9a15caaa7fb5688d33aa293dfa122d66bef9c0258ddf7ef11e7+9
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.4-1 (bookworm)

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-64f5-82gf-fv64: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: coda: Add check for dcoda_iram_alloc As the coda_iram_alloc may return NU2025-10-04
OSV
CVE-2022-50501: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: coda: Add check for dcoda_iram_alloc As the coda_iram_alloc may return NULL2025-10-04

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: media: coda: Add check for dcoda_iram_alloc2025-10-04
Debian
CVE-2022-50501: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: coda...2022