CVE-2022-50509 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.44%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedOct 7
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: coda: Add check for kmalloc
As the kmalloc 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
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxcb1d3a336371e35c3920cc50a701c5403c255644 — d308c4a035b636756786af91e5f39f9d92d7d42a+9
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2OSV▶
CVE-2022-50509: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: coda: Add check for kmalloc As the kmalloc may return NULL pointer, it shou↗2025-10-07
GHSA▶
GHSA-c5x6-wf2w-722j: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
media: coda: Add check for kmalloc
As the kmalloc may return NULL pointer,
it sh↗2025-10-07