CVE-2022-50879 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
—N/A
No vectorEPSS
0.0%
top 89.30%
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:
objtool: Fix SEGFAULT
find_insn() will return NULL in case of failure. Check insn in order
to avoid a kernel Oops for NULL pointer dereference.
Affected Packages4 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux13810435b9a7014fb92eb715f77da488f3b65b99 — 418ef921cce2d7415fab7e3e93529227f239e4bb+9
🔴Vulnerability Details
3OSV▶
CVE-2022-50879: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: objtool: Fix SEGFAULT find_insn() will return NULL in case of failure↗2025-12-30
GHSA▶
GHSA-phhf-j97g-m995: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
objtool: Fix SEGFAULT
find_insn() will return NULL in case of failure↗2025-12-30