CVE-2022-50535 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.11%
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:
drm/amd/display: Fix potential null-deref in dm_resume
[Why]
Fixing smatch error:
dm_resume() error: we previously assumed 'aconnector->dc_link' could be null
[How]
Check if dc_link null at the beginning of the loop,
so further checks can be dropped.
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/linux4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7c — fd79b61af2782f8875c78f50cdb8630ec43e2990+7
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
2GHSA▶
GHSA-59w4-gmxc-g79m: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/amd/display: Fix potential null-deref in dm_resume
[Why]
Fixing smatch error↗2025-10-07
OSV▶
CVE-2022-50535: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Fix potential null-deref in dm_resume [Why] Fixing smatch error:↗2025-10-07