Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 15, 2025· Updated Dec 23, 2025
ACPI: processor: idle: Check acpi_fetch_acpi_dev() return value
CVE-2022-50327
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ACPI: processor: idle: Check acpi_fetch_acpi_dev() return value
The return value of acpi_fetch_acpi_dev() could be NULL, which would cause a NULL pointer dereference to occur in acpi_device_hid().
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Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 4.8
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
6- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2437513a814b3e93bd02879740a8a06e52e2cf7dmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ecd629c788bbfb96be058edade2e934d3763eafmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e8b5f12ee4ab6f5d252c9ca062a4ada9554e6d9mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad1190744da9d812da55b76f2afce750afb0a3bdmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b85f0e292f73f353eea915499604fbf50c8238b4mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdee7a0acc566c4194d40a501b8a1584e86cc208mitre
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