CVE-2022-50453

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 5.10.163 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpiolib: cdev: fix NULL-pointer dereferences There are several places where we can crash the kernel by requesting lines, unbinding the GPIO device, then calling any of the system calls relevant to the GPIO character device's annonymous file descriptors: ioctl(), read(), poll(). While I observed it with the GPIO simulator, it will also happen for any of the GPIO devices that can be hot-unplugged - for instance any HID GPIO expander (e.g. CP2112). This affects both v1 and v2 uAPI. This fixes it partially by checking if gdev->chip is not NULL but it doesn't entirely remedy the situation as we still have a race condition in which another thread can remove the device after the check.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 2.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Classification

CWE
CWE-476
Status published

Affected Products (5)

linux/linux_kernel < 5.10.163
linux/Kernel < 5.10.163linux
linux/Kernel < 5.15.86linux
linux/Kernel < 6.0.16linux
linux/Kernel < 6.1.2linux

Timeline

Published Oct 01, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026