Linux Kernel up to 5.15.85/6.0.15/6.1.1 null pointer dereference

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Linux Kernel up to 5.15.85/6.0.15/6.1.1. It has been declared as critical. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation results in null pointer dereference. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2022-50475. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Linux Kernel up to 5.15.85/6.0.15/6.1.1. Affected is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a null pointer dereference vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on availability. CVE summarizes:

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: RDMA/core: Make sure "ib_port" is valid when access sysfs node The "ib_port" structure must be set before adding the sysfs kobject, and reset after removing it, otherwise it may crash when accessing the sysfs node: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000050 Mem abort info: ESR = 0x96000006 Exception class = DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits SET = 0, FnV = 0 EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 Data abort info: ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000006 CM = 0, WnR = 0 user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp = 00000000e85f5ba5 [0000000000000050] pgd=0000000848fd9003, pud=000000085b387003, pmd=0000000000000000 Internal error: Oops: 96000006 [#2] PREEMPT SMP Modules linked in: ib_umad(O) mlx5_ib(O) nfnetlink_cttimeout(E) nfnetlink(E) act_gact(E) cls_flower(E) sch_ingress(E) openvswitch(E) nsh(E) nf_nat_ipv6(E) nf_nat_ipv4(E) nf_conncount(E) nf_nat(E) nf_conntrack(E) nf_defrag_ipv6(E) nf_defrag_ipv4(E) mst_pciconf(O) ipmi_devintf(E) ipmi_msghandler(E) ipmb_dev_int(OE) mlx5_core(O) mlxfw(O) mlxdevm(O) auxiliary(O) ib_uverbs(O) ib_core(O) mlx_compat(O) psample(E) sbsa_gwdt(E) uio_pdrv_genirq(E) uio(E) mlxbf_pmc(OE) mlxbf_gige(OE) mlxbf_tmfifo(OE) gpio_mlxbf2(OE) pwr_mlxbf(OE) mlx_trio(OE) i2c_mlxbf(OE) mlx_bootctl(OE) bluefield_edac(OE) knem(O) ip_tables(E) ipv6(E) crc_ccitt(E) [last unloaded: mst_pci] Process grep (pid: 3372, stack limit = 0x0000000022055c92) CPU: 5 PID: 3372 Comm: grep Tainted: G D OE 4.19.161-mlnx.47.gadcd9e3 #1 Hardware name: https://www.mellanox.com BlueField SoC/BlueField SoC, BIOS BlueField:3.9.2-15-ga2403ab Sep 8 2022 pstate: 40000005 (nZcv daif -PAN -UAO) pc : hw_stat_port_show+0x4c/0x80 [ib_core] lr : port_attr_show+0x40/0x58 [ib_core] sp : ffff000029f43b50 x29: ffff000029f43b50 x28: 0000000019375000 x27: ffff8007b821a540 x26: ffff000029f43e30 x25: 0000000000008000 x24: ffff000000eaa958 x23: 0000000000001000 x22: ffff8007a4ce3000 x21: ffff8007baff8000 x20: ffff8007b9066ac0 x19: ffff8007bae97578 x18: 0000000000000000 x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000 x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000 x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : 0000000000000000 x8 : ffff8007a4ce4000 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 000000000000003f x5 : ffff000000e6a280 x4 : ffff8007a4ce3000 x3 : 0000000000000000 x2 : aaaaaaaaaaaaaaab x1 : ffff8007b9066a10 x0 : ffff8007baff8000 Call trace: hw_stat_port_show+0x4c/0x80 [ib_core] port_attr_show+0x40/0x58 [ib_core] sysfs_kf_seq_show+0x8c/0x150 kernfs_seq_show+0x44/0x50 seq_read+0x1b4/0x45c kernfs_fop_read+0x148/0x1d8 __vfs_read+0x58/0x180 vfs_read+0x94/0x154 ksys_read+0x68/0xd8 __arm64_sys_read+0x28/0x34 el0_svc_common+0x88/0x18c el0_svc_handler+0x78/0x94 el0_svc+0x8/0xe8 Code: f2955562 aa1603e4 aa1503e0 f9405683 (f9402861)

The advisory is shared for download at git.kernel.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-50475 since 10/04/2025. The exploitability is told to be difficult. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading to version 5.15.86, 6.0.16 or 6.1.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch f981c697b2f9bd5dd2f060e47ff8b5e0a2cd0c06/ac7a7d7079124f46180714b2d41a1703d37101bb/cd06d32a71fbb198b2d43dddf794badd80ffd25d/5e15ff29b156bbbdeadae230c8ecd5ecd8ca2477 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-2025-2194). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Affected

• Google Container-Optimized OS
• Debian Linux
• Google Cloud Platform
• Amazon Linux 2
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• Ubuntu Linux
• SUSE Linux
• Oracle Linux
• SUSE openSUSE
• Open Source Linux Kernel
• RESF Rocky Linux
• NetApp ActiveIQ Unified Manager
• IBM QRadar SIEM
• Dell NetWorker

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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
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• 5.15.78
• 5.15.79
• 5.15.80
• 5.15.81
• 5.15.82
• 5.15.83
• 5.15.84
• 5.15.85
• 6.0.0
• 6.0.1
• 6.0.2
• 6.0.3
• 6.0.4
• 6.0.5
• 6.0.6
• 6.0.7
• 6.0.8
• 6.0.9
• 6.0.10
• 6.0.11
• 6.0.12
• 6.0.13
• 6.0.14
• 6.0.15
• 6.1.0
• 6.1.1

License

• open-source

Website

• Vendor: https://www.kernel.org/

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