CVE-2022-50148

medium

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: kernfs: fix potential NULL dereference in __kernfs_remove When lockdep is enabled, lockdep_assert_held_write would cause potential NULL pointer dereference. Fix the following smatch warnings: fs/kernfs/dir.c:1353 __kernfs_remove() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'kn' (see line 1346)

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b871986d9d3071f5082664ac274d93f08db257cd

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72b5d5aef246a0387cefa23121dd90901c7a691a

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a9f35b8729c5bf13ea671c908c17ed74c48fc50

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-06-18

Updated: 2025-06-18

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Low

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Severity: Medium

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00017