CVE-2022-50415
MEDIUMLinux Kernel - Null Pointer Dereference in start_task() LED Workqueue
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: parisc: led: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in start_task() start_task() calls create_singlethread_workqueue() and not checked the ret value, which may return NULL. And a null-ptr-deref may happen: start_task() create_singlethread_workqueue() # failed, led_wq is NULL queue_delayed_work() queue_delayed_work_on() __queue_delayed_work() # warning here, but continue __queue_work() # access wq->flags, null-ptr-deref Check the ret value and return -ENOMEM if it is NULL.
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0015
EPSS Percentile
4.7%
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
2.6.15 - 4.9.337linux
linux/Kernel
4.10.0 - 4.14.303linux
linux/Kernel
4.15.0 - 4.19.270linux
linux/Kernel
4.20.0 - 5.4.229linux
linux/Kernel
5.11.0 - 5.15.87linux
linux/Kernel
5.16.0 - 6.0.18linux
linux/Kernel
5.5.0 - 5.10.163linux
linux/Kernel
6.1.0 - 6.1.4linux
Linux/Linux
< 2.6.15
Linux/Linux
2.6.15
... and 19 more
Published
Sep 18, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026