CVE-2022-50538

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.

The following products are affected by CVE-2022-50538 vulnerability.

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2022-50538.

URL	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09be0e7ac5f9374b6f8de72c89ed67129af71f65
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37d3de40c1ffb6a5e626bf46ff5ef5766c824e2c
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bc217b25ea81034fad8e33fd33e4659f086421d
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60ff9bd4ffc87bace581e235a6728f5ac8e5071f
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69b43937f14bdc3594f57f1a507a14f3d1187136
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bef797d707f1744f71156b21d41e3b8c946631f
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2a93546d414c7fe4862b87183fb737d1300d9d2
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e831fdd60e5863ee03173baf5a0f7c5450b44381
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3f65c4177846c483bf009f8c512ab04b3c62466
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025100754-CVE-2022-50538-3f3d@gregkh/T
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50538
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50538