CVE-2022-50388

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux Kernel versions prior to 5.15.67

Description A flaw exists in the Linux kernel's NVMe subsystem related to handling flush requests when blktrace is enabled with multipath activated. Specifically, a NULL pointer dereference within the blk add trace bio complete function can occur, leading to a kernel crash. This issue arises when a flush request with a NULL bio is processed during I/O completion.

Recommendations Update the Linux Kernel to a version newer than 5.15.67 to resolve this issue.