CVE-2022-50878 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
4.3MEDIUM
No vectorEPSS
0.0%
top 92.57%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedDec 30
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
gpu: lontium-lt9611: Fix NULL pointer dereference in lt9611_connector_init()
A NULL check for bridge->encoder shows that it may be NULL, but it
already been dereferenced on all paths leading to the check.
812 if (!bridge->encoder) {
Dereference the pointer bridge->encoder.
810 drm_connector_attach_encoder( connector, bridge->encoder);
Affected Packages4 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux23278bf54afe180967069bdc8c0f1c7a365fc63e — 3959e8faf8bf6bea619e8856c736db64e6eced37+5
🔴Vulnerability Details
3OSV▶
CVE-2022-50878: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpu: lontium-lt9611: Fix NULL pointer dereference in lt9611_connector_init() A NUL↗2025-12-30
GHSA▶
GHSA-hp2j-q336-h2mp: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
gpu: lontium-lt9611: Fix NULL pointer dereference in lt9611_connector_init()
A N↗2025-12-30