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CVE-2022-50509: media: coda: Add check for kmalloc

• 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: 2025-10-07 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: coda: Add check for kmalloc As the kmalloc 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 3.19 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/0209e70ad496c1fcd85c2ec70e6736fd09f95d14
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11e32126b3e56c3156fb610d793732acd2bdac4f
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/441c05485cf1a29eef05c1fd8281716815283315
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e5e5defdb8b0186312c2f855ace175aee6daf9b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a2c66429b04e85fee44d6d9f455327bf23cf49c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aa17a252dbde432095e390e2092205d4debb12e1
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba9cc9e2035f7a45f5222543265daf7cd51f2530
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d308c4a035b636756786af91e5f39f9d92d7d42a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9b37ea8869e4e6da90c07a310d819a78cbd23d2

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