CVE-2022-50481

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel < 4.9.337 - NULL Pointer Dereference

Title source: rule

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cxl: fix possible null-ptr-deref in cxl_guest_init_afu|adapter() If device_register() fails in cxl_register_afu|adapter(), the device is not added, device_unregister() can not be called in the error path, otherwise it will cause a null-ptr-deref because of removing not added device. As comment of device_register() says, it should use put_device() to give up the reference in the error path. So split device_unregister() into device_del() and put_device(), then goes to put dev when register fails.

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0001
EPSS Percentile 1.1%
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 (9)

linux/linux_kernel < 4.9.337
linux/Kernel < 4.9.337linux
linux/Kernel < 4.14.303linux
linux/Kernel < 4.19.270linux
linux/Kernel < 5.4.229linux
linux/Kernel < 5.10.163linux
linux/Kernel < 5.15.86linux
linux/Kernel < 6.0.16linux
linux/Kernel < 6.1.2linux

Timeline

Published Oct 04, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026