CVE-2022-50535NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.11%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
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

NVDlinux/linux_kernel4.154.19.276+5
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.178-1+3
CVEListV5linux/linux4562236b3bc0a28aeb6ee93b2d8a849a4c4e1c7cfd79b61af2782f8875c78f50cdb8630ec43e2990+7
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.20-1 (bookworm)

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
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 error2025-10-07
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

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: drm/amd/display: Fix potential null-deref in dm_resume2025-10-07
Debian
CVE-2022-50535: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/dis...2022