CVE-2022-50875

of: overlay: fix null pointer dereferencing in find_dup_cset_node_entry() and find_dup_cset_prop()

N/A
Published: December 30, 2025 at 12:23 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 05:24 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: of: overlay: fix null pointer dereferencing in find_dup_cset_node_entry() and find_dup_cset_prop() When kmalloc() fail to allocate memory in kasprintf(), fn_1 or fn_2 will be NULL, and strcmp() will cause null pointer dereference.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

5.0 ≤ v < 5.10.1635.0 ≤ v < 5.15.865.0 ≤ v < 5.4.2295.0 ≤ v < 6.0.165.0 ≤ v < 6.1.25.0 ≤ v < 6.22fe0e8769df9fed5098daea7db933bc414c329d75.0
Vendor states this is fixed in 2b4af99b44861646013821019dd13a4ac48c0219 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 71d88c7453ec3d2ceff98e18ce4d6354abd3b5b6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 9ec5781879b4535ad59b5354b385825378e45618 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ab5bb7bbacf531de8e32912cc2e21f906113cee8 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ce1b3a41e7964cb8dd56a702a95dd90ad27f51cd (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ee9d7a0e754568180a2f8ebc4aad226278a9116f (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.0 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.10.163 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.15.86 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 5.4.229 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.0.16 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.2 (unaffected)

Remediation

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