NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-50015

 

NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-50015

Published: June 20, 2025 / Updated: June 21, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU111540
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-50015
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the hda_dsp_ipc4_irq_thread() and hda_dsp_ipc_irq_thread() functions in sound/soc/sof/intel/hda-ipc.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_113-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_28-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_113-default
kernel-default
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-default-livepatch

How to mitigate CVE-2022-50015

Install update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - addressed in versions 5.19.4, 6.0
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_113-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150500.11.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_28-debugsource - update to 1-150500.11.3.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_113-default - update to 1-150500.11.3.1
kernel-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1

External References

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