CVE-2022-50538
Published: Oct 7, 2025
Modified: May 11, 2026
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected 658bcdae9c6755806e66b33e29d56b33a3ff421a - < e831fdd60e5863ee03173baf5a0f7c5450b44381affected 658bcdae9c6755806e66b33e29d56b33a3ff421a - < 69b43937f14bdc3594f57f1a507a14f3d1187136affected 658bcdae9c6755806e66b33e29d56b33a3ff421a - < 09be0e7ac5f9374b6f8de72c89ed67129af71f65affected 658bcdae9c6755806e66b33e29d56b33a3ff421a - < f3f65c4177846c483bf009f8c512ab04b3c62466affected 658bcdae9c6755806e66b33e29d56b33a3ff421a - < 37d3de40c1ffb6a5e626bf46ff5ef5766c824e2c+4 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 4.9unaffected 0 - < 4.9unaffected 4.9.337 - <= 4.9.*unaffected 4.14.303 - <= 4.14.*unaffected 4.19.270 - <= 4.19.*+6 more versions |
References
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