drivers/md/md-bitmap: check the return value of md_bitmap_get_counter()
CVE-2022-50402

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Key Information:

Vendor

Linux

Status
Vendor
CVE Published:
18 September 2025

What is CVE-2022-50402?

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

drivers/md/md-bitmap: check the return value of md_bitmap_get_counter()

Check the return value of md_bitmap_get_counter() in case it returns NULL pointer, which will result in a null pointer dereference.

v2: update the check to include other dereference

Affected Version(s)

Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 21e9aac9a74d30907d44bae0d24c036cb3819406

Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 5d8d046f3dba939e74e2414f009df426700430ed

Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 < 100caacfa0ed26e061954c90cdc835d42f709536

References

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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CVE-2022-50402 : Null Pointer Dereference in Linux Kernel's MD Bitmap Management