CVE-2022-50875NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux

Severity
4.7MEDIUM
No vector
EPSS
0.0%
top 85.14%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedDec 30

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: of: overlay: fix null pointer dereferencing in find_dup_cset_node_entry() and find_dup_cset_prop() When kmalloc() fail to allocate memory in kasprintf(), fn_1 or fn_2 will be NULL, and strcmp() will cause null pointer dereference.

Affected Packages4 packages

Linuxlinux/linux_kernel5.0.05.4.229+4
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.178-1+3
CVEListV5linux/linux2fe0e8769df9fed5098daea7db933bc414c329d79ec5781879b4535ad59b5354b385825378e45618+6
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.4-1 (bookworm)

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-7394-w6hr-wqhw: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: of: overlay: fix null pointer dereferencing in find_dup_cset_node_entry() and fin2025-12-30
OSV
CVE-2022-50875: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: of: overlay: fix null pointer dereferencing in find_dup_cset_node_entry() and find2025-12-30
OSV
of: overlay: fix null pointer dereferencing in find_dup_cset_node_entry() and find_dup_cset_prop()2025-12-30

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: of: overlay: fix null pointer dereferencing in find_dup_cset_node_entry() and find_dup_cset_prop()2025-12-30
Debian
CVE-2022-50875: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: of: overlay...2022

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2022-50875 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz