CVE-2022-50879

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: objtool: Fix SEGFAULT find_insn() will return NULL in case of failure. Check insn in order to avoid a kernel Oops for NULL pointer dereference.

Status

Deferred - 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2025-12-30

Last modified

2026-05-23

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0af0e115ff59d638f45416a004cdd8edb38db40c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23a249b1185cdd5bfb6971d1608ba49e589f2288
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38b9415abbd703438ebbc6fb74990bd0fbddc5b9
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/418ef921cce2d7415fab7e3e93529227f239e4bb
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efb11fdb3e1a9f694fa12b70b21e69e55ec59c36
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcee8a2d4db404a93e690d79e7273b6ef9d33575