CVE-2022-50380

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A null dereference issue was resolved in the Linux kernel related to the /proc/pid/smaps rollup functionality. The issue was introduced by commit 258f669e7e88, which converted the functionality to use a single value sequence file. The vulnerability occurs when there are no virtual memory areas (VMAs) present in the task, leading to a null dereference in the show smaps rollup function.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.