CVE-2022-50327

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 4.8-5.4.297 - NULL Pointer Dereference in ACPI Processor Idle

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPI: processor: idle: Check acpi_fetch_acpi_dev() return value The return value of acpi_fetch_acpi_dev() could be NULL, which would cause a NULL pointer dereference to occur in acpi_device_hid(). [ rjw: Subject and changelog edits, added empty line after if () ]

References (7)

Core 7

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 8.2%
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 (16)
debian/debian_linux 11.0
Linux/Linux < 4.8
Linux/Linux 4.8
Linux/Linux 5.10.241 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.190 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.4.297 - 5.4.*
Linux/Linux 6.0.16 - 6.0.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.2 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.2
Linux/Linux a36a7fecfe6071732075ad5aa31196adce13181b - 2437513a814b3e93bd02879740a8a06e52e2cf7d
... and 6 more
Published Sep 15, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026