CVE-2022-50879

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

Description A flaw exists in the Linux kernel related to objtool. The find insn() function can return NULL in case of failure. A missing check for this NULL return value can lead to a kernel Oops due to a NULL pointer dereference.

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