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CVE-2022-50481

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CVE-2022-50481

Published: Oct 4, 2025

Modified: May 11, 2026

PUBLISHED

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.

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux

affected
14baf4d9c739e6e69150512d2eb23c71fffcc192 - < 96fba6fb95bdede80583c262ac185da09661f264
affected
14baf4d9c739e6e69150512d2eb23c71fffcc192 - < 1ae581696b7a799afa39a664c4b721569643f58a
affected
14baf4d9c739e6e69150512d2eb23c71fffcc192 - < d775a1da5a52b4f4bb02f2707ba420d1bec48dbb
affected
14baf4d9c739e6e69150512d2eb23c71fffcc192 - < 60b2ed21a65f3f5318666ccd765c3507991370cf
affected
14baf4d9c739e6e69150512d2eb23c71fffcc192 - < 170e8c2d2b61e15e7f7cfeded81bc1e959a15ed8

+4 more versions

Linux

Linux

affected
4.6
unaffected
0 - < 4.6
unaffected
4.9.337 - <= 4.9.*
unaffected
4.14.303 - <= 4.14.*
unaffected
4.19.270 - <= 4.19.*

+6 more versions

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