CVE-2022-50206

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel NULL Pointer Dereference in Insn Emulation Sysctl Handler

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arm64: fix oops in concurrently setting insn_emulation sysctls emulation_proc_handler() changes table->data for proc_dointvec_minmax and can generate the following Oops if called concurrently with itself: | Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000010 | Internal error: Oops: 96000006 [#1] SMP | Call trace: | update_insn_emulation_mode+0xc0/0x148 | emulation_proc_handler+0x64/0xb8 | proc_sys_call_handler+0x9c/0xf8 | proc_sys_write+0x18/0x20 | __vfs_write+0x20/0x48 | vfs_write+0xe4/0x1d0 | ksys_write+0x70/0xf8 | __arm64_sys_write+0x20/0x28 | el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x7c/0x1c0 | el0_svc_handler+0x2c/0xa0 | el0_svc+0x8/0x200 To fix this issue, keep the table->data as &insn->current_mode and use container_of() to retrieve the insn pointer. Another mutex is used to protect against the current_mode update but not for retrieving insn_emulation as table->data is no longer changing.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0020
EPSS Percentile 9.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (26)
linux/Kernel 3.7.0 - 4.14.291linux
linux/Kernel 4.15.0 - 4.19.256linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.211linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.61linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 5.18.18linux
linux/Kernel 5.19.0 - 5.19.2linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.137linux
Linux/Linux < 3.7
Linux/Linux 0be7320a635c2e434e8b67e0e9474a85ceb421c4 - 04549063d5701976034d8c2bfda3d3a8cbf0409f
Linux/Linux 0be7320a635c2e434e8b67e0e9474a85ceb421c4 - 07022e07017ee5540f5559b0aeb916e8383c1e1a
... and 16 more
Published Jun 18, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026