CVE-2022-50415 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: parisc: led: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in start_task() start_task() calls create_singlethread_workqueue() and not checked the ret value, which may return NULL. And a null-ptr-deref may happen: start_task() create_singlethread_workqueue() # failed, led_wq is NULL queue_delayed_work() queue_delayed_work_on() __queue_delayed_work() # warning here, but continue __queue_work() # access wq->flags, null-ptr-deref Check the ret value and return -ENOMEM if it is NULL.

EPSS 0.01% · 2.1th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score
0.01%
2.1th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
linuxlinux_kernel2.6.15, 2.6.15, 2.6.15
LinuxLinux6.0.18, 3499495205a676d85fcc2f3c28e35ec9b43c47e3, 6.2

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