CVE-2022-50148
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50148
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-50148.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2022-50148
- Downstream
- Published
- 2025-06-18T11:03:08.462Z
- Modified
- 2026-03-12T03:26:13.369307Z
- Summary
- kernfs: fix potential NULL dereference in __kernfs_remove
- Details
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
kernfs: fix potential NULL dereference in _kernfsremove
When lockdep is enabled, lockdepassertheld_write would cause potential NULL pointer dereference.
Fix the following smatch warnings:
fs/kernfs/dir.c:1353 _kernfsremove() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'kn' (see line 1346)
- Database specific
{ "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50148.json", "cna_assigner": "Linux" }- References
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- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a9f35b8729c5bf13ea671c908c17ed74c48fc50
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72b5d5aef246a0387cefa23121dd90901c7a691a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b871986d9d3071f5082664ac274d93f08db257cd
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50148.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50148