CVE-2022-50524

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iommu/mediatek: Check return value after calling platform_get_resource() platform_get_resource() may return NULL pointer, we need check its return value to avoid null-ptr-deref in resource_size().

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/73b6924cdebc899de9b719e1319aa86c6bed4acf	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfebf05883cdcf9ac983033987fae869bd59ca53	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/feca904412483b2e0a903dd1f2e2843afd445f8c	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-10-07 16:15

Updated : 2026-06-17 05:23

NVD link : CVE-2022-50524

Mitre link : CVE-2022-50524

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-50524

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-476

NULL Pointer Dereference

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