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Linux Kernel CVE-2022-50475

| EUVDEUVD-2025-32372 MEDIUM
NULL Pointer Dereference (CWE-476)
2025-10-04 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
5.5
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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NVD PRIMARY
5.5 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SUSE
MEDIUM
qualitative
Red Hat
5.5 MEDIUM
qualitative

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CVSS VectorNVD

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

4
EUVD ID Assigned
Mar 13, 2026 - 19:56 euvd
EUVD-2025-32372
Analysis Generated
Mar 13, 2026 - 19:56 vuln.today
Patch released
Jan 23, 2026 - 16:36 nvd
Patch available
CVE Published
Oct 04, 2025 - 16:15 nvd
MEDIUM 5.5

DescriptionCVE.org

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

RDMA/core: Make sure "ib_port" is valid when access sysfs node

The "ib_port" structure must be set before adding the sysfs kobject, and reset after removing it, otherwise it may crash when accessing the sysfs node: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000050 Mem abort info: ESR = 0x96000006 Exception class = DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits SET = 0, FnV = 0 EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 Data abort info: ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000006 CM = 0, WnR = 0 user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp = 00000000e85f5ba5 [0000000000000050] pgd=0000000848fd9003, pud=000000085b387003, pmd=0000000000000000 Internal error: Oops: 96000006 [#2] PREEMPT SMP Modules linked in: ib_umad(O) mlx5_ib(O) nfnetlink_cttimeout(E) nfnetlink(E) act_gact(E) cls_flower(E) sch_ingress(E) openvswitch(E) nsh(E) nf_nat_ipv6(E) nf_nat_ipv4(E) nf_conncount(E) nf_nat(E) nf_conntrack(E) nf_defrag_ipv6(E) nf_defrag_ipv4(E) mst_pciconf(O) ipmi_devintf(E) ipmi_msghandler(E) ipmb_dev_int(OE) mlx5_core(O) mlxfw(O) mlxdevm(O) auxiliary(O) ib_uverbs(O) ib_core(O) mlx_compat(O) psample(E) sbsa_gwdt(E) uio_pdrv_genirq(E) uio(E) mlxbf_pmc(OE) mlxbf_gige(OE) mlxbf_tmfifo(OE) gpio_mlxbf2(OE) pwr_mlxbf(OE) mlx_trio(OE) i2c_mlxbf(OE) mlx_bootctl(OE) bluefield_edac(OE) knem(O) ip_tables(E) ipv6(E) crc_ccitt(E) [last unloaded: mst_pci] Process grep (pid: 3372, stack limit = 0x0000000022055c92) CPU: 5 PID: 3372 Comm: grep Tainted: G D OE 4.19.161-mlnx.47.gadcd9e3 #1 Hardware name: https://www.mellanox.com BlueField SoC/BlueField SoC, BIOS BlueField:3.9.2-15-ga2403ab Sep 8 2022 pstate: 40000005 (nZcv daif -PAN -UAO) pc : hw_stat_port_show+0x4c/0x80 [ib_core] lr : port_attr_show+0x40/0x58 [ib_core] sp : ffff000029f43b50 x29: ffff000029f43b50 x28: 0000000019375000 x27: ffff8007b821a540 x26: ffff000029f43e30 x25: 0000000000008000 x24: ffff000000eaa958 x23: 0000000000001000 x22: ffff8007a4ce3000 x21: ffff8007baff8000 x20: ffff8007b9066ac0 x19: ffff8007bae97578 x18: 0000000000000000 x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000 x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000 x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : 0000000000000000 x8 : ffff8007a4ce4000 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 000000000000003f x5 : ffff000000e6a280 x4 : ffff8007a4ce3000 x3 : 0000000000000000 x2 : aaaaaaaaaaaaaaab x1 : ffff8007b9066a10 x0 : ffff8007baff8000 Call trace: hw_stat_port_show+0x4c/0x80 [ib_core] port_attr_show+0x40/0x58 [ib_core] sysfs_kf_seq_show+0x8c/0x150 kernfs_seq_show+0x44/0x50 seq_read+0x1b4/0x45c kernfs_fop_read+0x148/0x1d8 __vfs_read+0x58/0x180 vfs_read+0x94/0x154 ksys_read+0x68/0xd8 __arm64_sys_read+0x28/0x34 el0_svc_common+0x88/0x18c el0_svc_handler+0x78/0x94 el0_svc+0x8/0xe8 Code: f2955562 aa1603e4 aa1503e0 f9405683 (f9402861)

Analysis

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

RDMA/core: Make sure "ib_port" is valid when access sysfs node

The "ib_port" structure must be set before adding the sysfs kobject, and reset after removing it, otherwise it may crash when accessing the sysfs node: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000050 Mem abort info: ESR = 0x96000006 Exception class = DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits SET = 0, FnV = 0 EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 Data abort info: ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000006 CM = 0, WnR = 0 user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp = 00000000e85f5ba5 [0000000000000050] pgd=0000000848fd9003, pud=000000085b387003, pmd=0000000000000000 Internal error: Oops: 96000006 [#2] PREEMPT SMP Modules linked in: ib_umad(O) mlx5_ib(O) nfnetlink_cttimeout(E) nfnetlink(E) act_gact(E) cls_flower(E) sch_ingress(E) openvswitch(E) nsh(E) nf_nat_ipv6(E) nf_nat_ipv4(E) nf_conncount(E) nf_nat(E) nf_conntrack(E) nf_defrag_ipv6(E) nf_defrag_ipv4(E) mst_pciconf(O) ipmi_devintf(E) ipmi_msghandler(E) ipmb_dev_int(OE) mlx5_core(O) mlxfw(O) mlxdevm(O) auxiliary(O) ib_uverbs(O) ib_core(O) mlx_compat(O) psample(E) sbsa_gwdt(E) uio_pdrv_genirq(E) uio(E) mlxbf_pmc(OE) mlxbf_gige(OE) mlxbf_tmfifo(OE) gpio_mlxbf2(OE) pwr_mlxbf(OE) mlx_trio(OE) i2c_mlxbf(OE) mlx_bootctl(OE) bluefield_edac(OE) knem(O) ip_tables(E) ipv6(E) crc_ccitt(E) [last unloaded: mst_pci] Process grep (pid: 3372, stack limit = 0x0000000022055c92) CPU: 5 PID: 3372 Comm: grep Tainted: G D OE 4.19.161-mlnx.47.gadcd9e3 #1 Hardware name: https://www.mellanox.com BlueField SoC/BlueField SoC, BIOS BlueField:3.9.2-15-ga2403ab Sep 8 2022 pstate: 40000005 (nZcv daif -PAN -UAO) pc : hw_stat_port_show+0x4c/0x80 [ib_core] lr : port_attr_show+0x40/0x58 [ib_core] sp : ffff000029f43b50 x29: ffff000029f43b50 x28: 0000000019375000 x27: ffff8007b821a540 x26: ffff000029f43e30 x25: 0000000000008000 x24: ffff000000eaa958 x23: 0000000000001000 x22: ffff8007a4ce3000 x21: ffff8007baff8000 x20: ffff8007b9066ac0 x19: ffff8007bae97578 x18: 0000000000000000 x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000000000000000 x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000 x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : 0000000000000000 x8 : ffff8007a4ce4000 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 000000000000003f x5 : ffff000000e6a280 x4 : ffff8007a4ce3000 x3 : 0000000000000000 x2 : aaaaaaaaaaaaaaab x1 : ffff8007b9066a10 x0 : ffff8007baff8000 Call trace: hw_stat_port_show+0x4c/0x80 [ib_core] port_attr_show+0x40/0x58 [ib_core] sysfs_kf_seq_show+0x8c/0x150 kernfs_seq_show+0x44/0x50 seq_read+0x1b4/0x45c kernfs_fop_read+0x148/0x1d8 __vfs_read+0x58/0x180 vfs_read+0x94/0x154 ksys_read+0x68/0xd8 __arm64_sys_read+0x28/0x34 el0_svc_common+0x88/0x18c el0_svc_handler+0x78/0x94 el0_svc+0x8/0xe8 Code: f2955562 aa1603e4 aa1503e0 f9405683 (f9402861)

Technical ContextAI

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application attempts to use a pointer that has not been initialized or has been set to NULL.

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available — apply it immediately. Add NULL checks before pointer dereference operations. Use static analysis to identify potential NULL pointer issues. Enable compiler warnings.

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Vendor StatusVendor

SUSE

Severity: Medium
Product Status
Container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.3:latest Container suse/sle-micro-rancher/5.4:5.4.4.5.89 Image SLES15-SP4-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-HPC-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-HPC-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-HPC-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-HPC-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-HPC-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-HPC-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-Hardened-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-Hardened-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-Hardened-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-Hardened-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Server-4-3-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Server-4-3-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Server-4-3-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-Manager-Server-4-3-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-3-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-3-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-4-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-Micro-5-4-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-SAP Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-SAPCAL Image SLES15-SP4-SAPCAL-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-SAPCAL-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-SAPCAL-GCE Affected
Container suse/sle-micro/base-5.5:2.0.4-5.8.224 Image SLES15-SP5-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP5-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-GCE Image SLES15-SP5-HPC-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-HPC-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-HPC-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP5-Hardened-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-Hardened-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-Hardened-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP5-Micro-5-5 Image SLES15-SP5-Micro-5-5-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-Micro-5-5-BYOS Image SLES15-SP5-Micro-5-5-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-Micro-5-5-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-SAPCAL-Azure Image SLES15-SP5-SAPCAL-EC2 Image SLES15-SP5-SAPCAL-GCE Affected
Container suse/sle-micro/kvm-5.5:2.0.4-3.5.429 Affected
Container suse/sle-micro/rt-5.5:2.0.4-4.5.535 Affected
Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Azure-LI-BYOS-Production Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Azure-VLI-BYOS-Production Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-BYOS Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-BYOS-Azure Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-BYOS-EC2 Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-BYOS-GCE Image SLES15-SP4-SAP-Hardened-GCE Affected

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