CVE-2022-50879: Linux

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Linux Linux: from 4.9.106, before 4.10 (fixed in 4.10); from 4.14.48, before 4.15 (fixed in 4.15); from 4.16.14, before 4.17 (fixed in 4.17); from 4.17, before 5.4.229 (fixed in 5.4.229); from 5.5, before 5.10.163 (fixed in 5.10.163); from 5.11, before 5.15.87 (fixed in 5.15.87); …

Published 2025-12-30. Last modified 2026-06-17.