CVE-2022-50888NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux

Severity
3.3LOW
No vector
EPSS
0.0%
top 92.73%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedDec 30

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: remoteproc: qcom: q6v5: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in q6v5_wcss_init_mmio() q6v5_wcss_init_mmio() will call platform_get_resource_byname() that may fail and return NULL. devm_ioremap() will use res->start as input, which may causes null-ptr-deref. Check the ret value of platform_get_resource_byname() to avoid the null-ptr-deref.

Affected Packages4 packages

Linuxlinux/linux_kernel5.13.05.15.86+2
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.4-1+2
CVEListV5linux/linux0af65b9b915e52019aee91db3e1f8b39a7ec8d08098ebb9089c4eedea09333f912d105fa63377496+4
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.4-1 (bookworm)

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
OSV
CVE-2022-50888: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: remoteproc: qcom: q6v5: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in q6v5_wcss_init_mmio() q6v52025-12-30
OSV
remoteproc: qcom: q6v5: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in q6v5_wcss_init_mmio()2025-12-30
GHSA
GHSA-rv29-96pv-jm8g: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: remoteproc: qcom: q6v5: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in q6v5_wcss_init_mmio() q62025-12-30

📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
kernel: remoteproc: qcom: q6v5: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in q6v5_wcss_init_mmio()2025-12-30
Debian
CVE-2022-50888: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: remoteproc:...2022

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Wiz
CVE-2022-50888 Impact, Exploitability, and Mitigation Steps | Wiz