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CVE-2022-50415

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: parisc: led: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in start_task() start_task() calls create_singlet…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
from 2.6.15 before 4.9.337
from 4.10 before 4.14.303
from 4.15 before 4.19.270
from 4.20 before 5.4.229
from 5.5 before 5.10.163
from 5.11 before 5.15.87

Weakness classification

CWE-476

References