PT-2025-54115 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2025-12-30 · Updated 2026-01-28 · CVE-2022-50879

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A flaw exists in the Linux kernel related to objtool. The find insn() function can return NULL in case of failure. A missing check for this NULL return value can lead to a kernel Oops due to a NULL pointer dereference.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-50879

RHSA-2024:0439

RHSA-2024:0448

RHSA-2024:2394

SUSE-SU-2026:0316-1

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 331

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50879.json · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50879 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50879 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50879 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50879 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-50879 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50879 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-50879 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2026:0316-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://suse.com/support/update/announcement/2026/suse-su-20260316-1 · Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1254617 · Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1253400 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-54032 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-53862 · Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/1254609 · Note