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CVE-2022-50501: media: coda: Add check for dcoda_iram_alloc

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-10-04 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: coda: Add check for dcoda_iram_alloc As the coda_iram_alloc may return NULL pointer, it should be better to check the return value in order to avoid NULL poineter dereference, same as the others.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 3.17 before 4.9.337; from 4.10 before 4.14.303; from 4.15 before 4.19.270; from 4.20 before 5.4.229; from 5.5 before 5.10.163; from 5.11 before 5.15.86 — fixed in 4.14.303, 4.19.270, 4.9.337, 5.10.163, 5.15.86, 5.4.229

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 4.14.303, 4.19.270, 4.9.337, 5.10.163. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05f165ded4a7baec31b65aba88e2cd1fb9b91db2
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b436f1410245412ea5e4c356a175a928d73eed3
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c6887d5a29024bada6928d1d0959c9990401384
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35ddd00b36589cf948875b825eedaab1aefd5ad5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/45f57abaee136a1e39d2b04443a1bd5311ba7d94
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/532417dc98cb9c1185ada4ea4e7ccf965c06bcb5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5688d33aa293dfa122d66bef9c0258ddf7ef11e7
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b8082238fb8bb20f67e46388123e67a5bbc558d
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b99872178e7473f21904fdeea38109275aad8ae8

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