CVE-2022-50879
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objtool: Fix SEGFAULT
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.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
December 30, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
698 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2022-50879
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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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0af0e115ff59d638f45416a004cdd8edb38db40c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23a249b1185cdd5bfb6971d1608ba49e589f2288
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/38b9415abbd703438ebbc6fb74990bd0fbddc5b9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/418ef921cce2d7415fab7e3e93529227f239e4bb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/efb11fdb3e1a9f694fa12b70b21e69e55ec59c36
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcee8a2d4db404a93e690d79e7273b6ef9d33575
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50879.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50879