CVE-2022-50327 (GCVE-0-2022-50327)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-09-15 14:49
Modified
2025-12-23 13:28
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPI: processor: idle: Check acpi_fetch_acpi_dev() return value The return value of acpi_fetch_acpi_dev() could be NULL, which would cause a NULL pointer dereference to occur in acpi_device_hid(). [ rjw: Subject and changelog edits, added empty line after if () ]
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Linux Linux Version: a36a7fecfe6071732075ad5aa31196adce13181b
Version: a36a7fecfe6071732075ad5aa31196adce13181b
Version: a36a7fecfe6071732075ad5aa31196adce13181b
Version: a36a7fecfe6071732075ad5aa31196adce13181b
Version: a36a7fecfe6071732075ad5aa31196adce13181b
Version: a36a7fecfe6071732075ad5aa31196adce13181b
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