Linux Kernel up to 5.15.62/5.19.3 mem_type null pointer dereference

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Linux Kernel up to 5.15.62/5.19.3. This affects the function mem_type. Such manipulation leads to null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2022-50068. No exploit is available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.15.62/5.19.3 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is the function mem_type. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-476. A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/ttm: Fix dummy res NULL ptr deref bug Check the bo->resource value before accessing the resource mem_type. v2: Fix commit description unwrapped warning <log snip> [ 40.191227][ T184] general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000002: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN PTI [ 40.192995][ T184] KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000010-0x0000000000000017] [ 40.194411][ T184] CPU: 1 PID: 184 Comm: systemd-udevd Not tainted 5.19.0-rc4-00721-gb297c22b7070 #1 [ 40.196063][ T184] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.0-debian-1.16.0-4 04/01/2014 [ 40.199605][ T184] RIP: 0010:ttm_bo_validate+0x1b3/0x240 [ttm] [ 40.200754][ T184] Code: e8 72 c5 ff ff 83 f8 b8 74 d4 85 c0 75 54 49 8b 9e 58 01 00 00 48 b8 00 00 00 00 00 fc ff df 48 8d 7b 10 48 89 fa 48 c1 ea 03 <0f> b6 04 02 84 c0 74 04 3c 03 7e 44 8b 53 10 31 c0 85 d2 0f 85 58 [ 40.203685][ T184] RSP: 0018:ffffc900006df0c8 EFLAGS: 00010202 [ 40.204630][ T184] RAX: dffffc0000000000 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 1ffff1102f4bb71b [ 40.205864][ T184] RDX: 0000000000000002 RSI: ffffc900006df208 RDI: 0000000000000010 [ 40.207102][ T184] RBP: 1ffff920000dbe1a R08: ffffc900006df208 R09: 0000000000000000 [ 40.208394][ T184] R10: ffff88817a5f0000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: ffffc900006df110 [ 40.209692][ T184] R13: ffffc900006df0f0 R14: ffff88817a5db800 R15: ffffc900006df208 [ 40.210862][ T184] FS: 00007f6b1d16e8c0(0000) GS:ffff88839d700000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 [ 40.212250][ T184] CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 [ 40.213275][ T184] CR2: 000055a1001d4ff0 CR3: 00000001700f4000 CR4: 00000000000006e0 [ 40.214469][ T184] Call Trace: [ 40.214974][ T184] <TASK> [ 40.215438][ T184] ? ttm_bo_bounce_temp_buffer+0x140/0x140 [ttm] [ 40.216572][ T184] ? mutex_spin_on_owner+0x240/0x240 [ 40.217456][ T184] ? drm_vma_offset_add+0xaa/0x100 [drm] [ 40.218457][ T184] ttm_bo_init_reserved+0x3d6/0x540 [ttm] [ 40.219410][ T184] ? shmem_get_inode+0x744/0x980 [ 40.220231][ T184] ttm_bo_init_validate+0xb1/0x200 [ttm] [ 40.221172][ T184] ? bo_driver_evict_flags+0x340/0x340 [drm_vram_helper] [ 40.222530][ T184] ? ttm_bo_init_reserved+0x540/0x540 [ttm] [ 40.223643][ T184] ? __do_sys_finit_module+0x11a/0x1c0 [ 40.224654][ T184] ? __shmem_file_setup+0x102/0x280 [ 40.234764][ T184] drm_gem_vram_create+0x305/0x480 [drm_vram_helper] [ 40.235766][ T184] ? bo_driver_evict_flags+0x340/0x340 [drm_vram_helper] [ 40.236846][ T184] ? __kasan_slab_free+0x108/0x180 [ 40.237650][ T184] drm_gem_vram_fill_create_dumb+0x134/0x340 [drm_vram_helper] [ 40.238864][ T184] ? local_pci_probe+0xdf/0x180 [ 40.239674][ T184] ? drmm_vram_helper_init+0x400/0x400 [drm_vram_helper] [ 40.240826][ T184] drm_client_framebuffer_create+0x19c/0x400 [drm] [ 40.241955][ T184] ? drm_client_buffer_delete+0x200/0x200 [drm] [ 40.243001][ T184] ? drm_client_pick_crtcs+0x554/0xb80 [drm] [ 40.244030][ T184] drm_fb_helper_generic_probe+0x23f/0x940 [drm_kms_helper] [ 40.245226][ T184] ? __cond_resched+0x1c/0xc0 [ 40.245987][ T184] ? drm_fb_helper_memory_range_to_clip+0x180/0x180 [drm_kms_helper] [ 40.247316][ T184] ? mutex_unlock+0x80/0x100 [ 40.248005][ T184] ? __mutex_unlock_slowpath+0x2c0/0x2c0 [ 40.249083][ T184] drm_fb_helper_single_fb_probe+0x907/0xf00 [drm_kms_helper] [ 40.250314][ T184] ? drm_fb_helper_check_var+0x1180/0x1180 [drm_kms_helper] [ 40.251540][ T184] ? __cond_resched+0x1c/0xc0 [ 40.252321][ T184] ? mutex_lock+0x9f/0x100 [ 40.253062][ T184] __drm_fb_helper_initial_config_and_unlock+0xb9/0x2c0 [drm_kms_helper] [ 40.254394][ T184] drm_fbdev_client_hotplug+0x56f/0x840 [drm_kms_helper] [ 40.255477][ T184] drm_fbdev_generic_setup+0x165/0x3c0 [drm_kms_helper] [ 40.256607][ T184] bochs_pci_probe+0x6b7/0x900 [bochs] [ ---truncated---

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2022-50068 since 06/18/2025. The exploitation is known to be difficult. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.

Upgrading to version 5.15.63 or 5.19.4 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 76672cd326c146ded2c2712ff257b8908dcf23d8/9bd970d4097287778a4449452e70b35d0bfaa3aa/cf4b7387c0a842d64bdd7c353e6d3298174a7740 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at git.kernel.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at CERT Bund (WID-SEC-2025-1350). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Affected

• Debian Linux
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• SUSE openSUSE
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• RESF Rocky Linux
• Dell Avamar
• Dell NetWorker
• Dell Secure Connect Gateway
• IBM QRadar SIEM

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• Linux

Name

• Kernel

Version

• 5.15.0
• 5.15.1
• 5.15.2
• 5.15.3
• 5.15.4
• 5.15.5
• 5.15.6
• 5.15.7
• 5.15.8
• 5.15.9
• 5.15.10
• 5.15.11
• 5.15.12
• 5.15.13
• 5.15.14
• 5.15.15
• 5.15.16
• 5.15.17
• 5.15.18
• 5.15.19
• 5.15.20
• 5.15.21
• 5.15.22
• 5.15.23
• 5.15.24
• 5.15.25
• 5.15.26
• 5.15.27
• 5.15.28
• 5.15.29
• 5.15.30
• 5.15.31
• 5.15.32
• 5.15.33
• 5.15.34
• 5.15.35
• 5.15.36
• 5.15.37
• 5.15.38
• 5.15.39
• 5.15.40
• 5.15.41
• 5.15.42
• 5.15.43
• 5.15.44
• 5.15.45
• 5.15.46
• 5.15.47
• 5.15.48
• 5.15.49
• 5.15.50
• 5.15.51
• 5.15.52
• 5.15.53
• 5.15.54
• 5.15.55
• 5.15.56
• 5.15.57
• 5.15.58
• 5.15.59
• 5.15.60
• 5.15.61
• 5.15.62
• 5.19.0
• 5.19.1
• 5.19.2
• 5.19.3

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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