NULL pointer dereference in Linux
CVE-2022-50361
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: wilc1000: add missing unregister_netdev() in wilc_netdev_ifc_init() Fault injection test reports this issue: kernel BUG at net/core/dev.c:10731! invalid opcode: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP KASAN PTI Call Trace: <TASK> wilc_netdev_ifc_init+0x19f/0x220 [wilc1000 884bf126e9e98af6a708f266a8dffd53f99e4bf5] wilc_cfg80211_init+0x30c/0x380 [wilc1000 884bf126e9e98af6a708f266a8dffd53f99e4bf5] wilc_bus_probe+0xad/0x2b0 [wilc1000_spi 1520a7539b6589cc6cde2ae826a523a33f8bacff] spi_probe+0xe4/0x140 really_probe+0x17e/0x3f0 __driver_probe_device+0xe3/0x170 driver_probe_device+0x49/0x120 The root case here is alloc_ordered_workqueue() fails, but cfg80211_unregister_netdevice() or unregister_netdev() not be called in error handling path. To fix add unregister_netdev goto lable to add the unregister operation in error handling path.
EPSS: 0.002 (10.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Linux — versions 09ed8bfc5215ad5aac91c50008277b5586b9ef24, 5.17, 0
- Linux Linux_kernel
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-50361?
- CVE-2022-50361 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-09-17.
- How severe is CVE-2022-50361?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.