Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 18, 2025· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-50148

Description

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

kernfs: fix potential NULL dereference in __kernfs_remove

When lockdep is enabled, lockdep_assert_held_write would cause potential NULL pointer dereference.

Fix the following smatch warnings:

fs/kernfs/dir.c:1353 __kernfs_remove() warn: variable dereferenced before check 'kn' (see line 1346)

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Linux/Kernelllm-fuzzy3 versions
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- (no CPE)
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=5.17,<5.18.18
- (no CPE)range: 5.17
osv-coords
pkg:linux/kernel
Range: >= 5.17.0, < 5.18.18

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