CVE-2022-50359

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - Null Pointer Dereference in cx88_risc_buffer()

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: cx88: Fix a null-ptr-deref bug in buffer_prepare() When the driver calls cx88_risc_buffer() to prepare the buffer, the function call may fail, resulting in a empty buffer and null-ptr-deref later in buffer_queue(). The following log can reveal it: [ 41.822762] general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000000: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI [ 41.824488] KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000000-0x0000000000000007] [ 41.828027] RIP: 0010:buffer_queue+0xc2/0x500 [ 41.836311] Call Trace: [ 41.836945] __enqueue_in_driver+0x141/0x360 [ 41.837262] vb2_start_streaming+0x62/0x4a0 [ 41.838216] vb2_core_streamon+0x1da/0x2c0 [ 41.838516] __vb2_init_fileio+0x981/0xbc0 [ 41.839141] __vb2_perform_fileio+0xbf9/0x1120 [ 41.840072] vb2_fop_read+0x20e/0x400 [ 41.840346] v4l2_read+0x215/0x290 [ 41.840603] vfs_read+0x162/0x4c0 Fix this by checking the return value of cx88_risc_buffer() [hverkuil: fix coding style issues]

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0020
EPSS Percentile 9.5%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CISA SSVC

Vulnrichment
Exploitation none
Automatable no
Technical Impact partial

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (29)
linux/Kernel 2.6.12 - 4.9.331linux
linux/Kernel 4.10.0 - 4.14.296linux
linux/Kernel 4.15.0 - 4.19.262linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.220linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.75linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 5.19.17linux
linux/Kernel 5.20.0 - 6.0.3linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.150linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.12
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 10c99d1c46ea9cd940029e17bab11d021f315c21
... and 19 more
Published Sep 17, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026