CVE-2022-50327

ACPI: processor: idle: Check acpi_fetch_acpi_dev() return value

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Sep 15, 2025
Updated: May 11, 2026
Reserved: Sep 15, 2025

Description

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().

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Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
LinuxLinux	a36a7fecfe6071732075ad5aa31196adce13181b to before 8e8b5f12ee4ab6f5d252c9ca062a4ada9554e6d9Affected a36a7fecfe6071732075ad5aa31196adce13181b to before fdee7a0acc566c4194d40a501b8a1584e86cc208Affected a36a7fecfe6071732075ad5aa31196adce13181b to before ad1190744da9d812da55b76f2afce750afb0a3bdAffected a36a7fecfe6071732075ad5aa31196adce13181b to before 2ecd629c788bbfb96be058edade2e934d3763eafAffected a36a7fecfe6071732075ad5aa31196adce13181b to before b85f0e292f73f353eea915499604fbf50c8238b4Affected a36a7fecfe6071732075ad5aa31196adce13181b to before 2437513a814b3e93bd02879740a8a06e52e2cf7dAffected
LinuxLinux	4.8Affected before 4.8Not affected 5.4.297 through 5.4.Not affected 5.10.241 through 5.10.Not affected 5.15.190 through 5.15.Not affected 6.0.16 through 6.0.Not affected 6.1.2 through 6.1.*Not affected 6.2 and laterNot affected

Product

Versions

LinuxLinux

a36a7fecfe6071732075ad5aa31196adce13181b to before 8e8b5f12ee4ab6f5d252c9ca062a4ada9554e6d9Affected
a36a7fecfe6071732075ad5aa31196adce13181b to before fdee7a0acc566c4194d40a501b8a1584e86cc208Affected
a36a7fecfe6071732075ad5aa31196adce13181b to before ad1190744da9d812da55b76f2afce750afb0a3bdAffected
a36a7fecfe6071732075ad5aa31196adce13181b to before 2ecd629c788bbfb96be058edade2e934d3763eafAffected
a36a7fecfe6071732075ad5aa31196adce13181b to before b85f0e292f73f353eea915499604fbf50c8238b4Affected
a36a7fecfe6071732075ad5aa31196adce13181b to before 2437513a814b3e93bd02879740a8a06e52e2cf7dAffected

LinuxLinux

4.8Affected
before 4.8Not affected
5.4.297 through 5.4.*Not affected
5.10.241 through 5.10.*Not affected
5.15.190 through 5.15.*Not affected
6.0.16 through 6.0.*Not affected
6.1.2 through 6.1.*Not affected
6.2 and laterNot affected

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