CVE-2022-50538

EUVD-2025-31991
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

vme: Fix error not catched in fake_init()

In fake_init(), __root_device_register() is possible to fail but it's
ignored, which can cause unregistering vme_root fail when exit.

 general protection fault,
 probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc000000008c
 KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000460-0x0000000000000467]
 RIP: 0010:root_device_unregister+0x26/0x60
 Call Trace:
  <TASK>
  __x64_sys_delete_module+0x34f/0x540
  do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90
  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd

Return error when __root_device_register() fails.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
5.5 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 5%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
4.9 ≤
𝑥
< 4.9.337
linuxlinux_kernel
4.10 ≤
𝑥
< 4.14.303
linuxlinux_kernel
4.15 ≤
𝑥
< 4.19.270
linuxlinux_kernel
4.20 ≤
𝑥
< 5.4.229
linuxlinux_kernel
5.5 ≤
𝑥
< 5.10.163
linuxlinux_kernel
5.11 ≤
𝑥
< 5.15.86
linuxlinux_kernel
5.16 ≤
𝑥
< 6.0.16
linuxlinux_kernel
6.1 ≤
𝑥
< 6.1.2
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
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Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
linux
bookworm
6.1.148-1
fixed
bookworm (security)
6.1.153-1
fixed
bullseye
5.10.223-1
fixed
bullseye (security)
5.10.237-1
fixed
forky
6.16.9-1
fixed
sid
6.16.11-1
fixed
trixie
6.12.43-1
fixed
trixie (security)
6.12.48-1
fixed