CVE-2022-50538
MEDIUMLinux Kernel 4.9-6.1.1 Null Pointer Dereference in VME Fake Init
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vme: Fix error not catched in fake_init() In fake_init(), __root_device_register() is possible to fail but it's ignored, which can cause unregistering vme_root fail when exit. general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc000000008c KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000460-0x0000000000000467] RIP: 0010:root_device_unregister+0x26/0x60 Call Trace: <TASK> __x64_sys_delete_module+0x34f/0x540 do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd Return error when __root_device_register() fails.
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0014
EPSS Percentile
4.2%
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 (29)
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
4.9.0 - 4.9.337linux
linux/Kernel
5.11.0 - 5.15.86linux
linux/Kernel
5.16.0 - 6.0.16linux
linux/Kernel
5.5.0 - 5.10.163linux
linux/Kernel
6.1.0 - 6.1.2linux
Linux/Linux
< 4.9
Linux/Linux
4.14.303 - 4.14.*
... and 19 more
Published
Oct 07, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026