CVE-2022-50556 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUM
No vectorEPSS
0.0%
top 91.72%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedOct 22
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm: Fix potential null-ptr-deref due to drmm_mode_config_init()
drmm_mode_config_init() will call drm_mode_create_standard_properties()
and won't check the ret value. When drm_mode_create_standard_properties()
failed due to alloc, property will be a NULL pointer and may causes the
null-ptr-deref. Fix the null-ptr-deref by adding the ret value check.
Found null-ptr-deref while testing insert module bochs:
general protection f…
Affected Packages4 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux6b4959f43a04e12d39c5700607727f2cbcfeac31 — 5ae70041a6d7de62a0cdb2bbcfe0c9cf753035d0+5
🔴Vulnerability Details
3OSV▶
CVE-2022-50556: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm: Fix potential null-ptr-deref due to drmm_mode_config_init() drmm_mode_config_↗2025-10-22
GHSA▶
GHSA-6797-2m8f-mhgm: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm: Fix potential null-ptr-deref due to drmm_mode_config_init()
drmm_mode_confi↗2025-10-22