In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: of: overlay: fix null pointer dereferencing in find_dup_cset_node_entry() and find_dup_cset_prop() When kmalloc() fail to allocate memory in kasprintf(), fn_1 or fn_2 will be NULL, and strcmp() will cause null pointer dereference.

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-013610 advisory.

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    of: overlay: fix null pointer dereferencing in find_dup_cset_node_entry() and find_dup_cset_prop()

    When kmalloc() fail to allocate memory in kasprintf(), fn_1 or fn_2 will     be NULL, and strcmp() will cause null pointer dereference.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-010808 advisory.

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

    of: overlay: fix null pointer dereferencing in find_dup_cset_node_entry() and find_dup_cset_prop()

    When kmalloc() fail to allocate memory in kasprintf(), fn_1 or fn_2 will     be NULL, and strcmp() will cause null pointer dereference.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - of: overlay: fix null pointer dereferencing in find_dup_cset_node_entry() and find_dup_cset_prop() When     kmalloc() fail to allocate memory in kasprintf(), fn_1 or fn_2 will be NULL, and strcmp() will cause null     pointer dereference. (CVE-2022-50875)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

An update of the linux package has been released.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
309362	Unity Linux 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-013610)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	medium
308725	Unity Linux 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2026-010808)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	medium
280808	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-50875	Nessus	Misc.	medium
171848	Amazon Linux 2 : kernel, --advisory ALAS2KERNEL-5.4-2023-042 (ALASKERNEL-5.4-2023-042)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
171216	Amazon Linux 2 : kernel, --advisory ALAS2KERNEL-5.10-2023-026 (ALASKERNEL-5.10-2023-026)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
170458	Amazon Linux 2 : kernel, --advisory ALAS2KERNEL-5.15-2023-012 (ALASKERNEL-5.15-2023-012)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	high
151965	Photon OS 4.0: Linux PHSA-2021-4.0-0065	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	high

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2022-50875

medium

Tenable Plugins

medium

medium

medium

high

high

high

high