{"id":"CVE-2022-50538","summary":"vme: Fix error not catched in fake_init()","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvme: Fix error not catched in fake_init()\n\nIn fake_init(), __root_device_register() is possible to fail but it's\nignored, which can cause unregistering vme_root fail when exit.\n\n general protection fault,\n probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc000000008c\n KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000460-0x0000000000000467]\n RIP: 0010:root_device_unregister+0x26/0x60\n Call Trace:\n  \u003cTASK\u003e\n  __x64_sys_delete_module+0x34f/0x540\n  do_syscall_64+0x38/0x90\n  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd\n\nReturn error when __root_device_register() fails.","modified":"2026-04-02T08:28:35.974022Z","published":"2025-10-07T15:21:04.428Z","database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50538.json","cna_assigner":"Linux"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09be0e7ac5f9374b6f8de72c89ed67129af71f65"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/37d3de40c1ffb6a5e626bf46ff5ef5766c824e2c"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4bc217b25ea81034fad8e33fd33e4659f086421d"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60ff9bd4ffc87bace581e235a6728f5ac8e5071f"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69b43937f14bdc3594f57f1a507a14f3d1187136"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bef797d707f1744f71156b21d41e3b8c946631f"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a2a93546d414c7fe4862b87183fb737d1300d9d2"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e831fdd60e5863ee03173baf5a0f7c5450b44381"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3f65c4177846c483bf009f8c512ab04b3c62466"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/50xxx/CVE-2022-50538.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50538"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"658bcdae9c6755806e66b33e29d56b33a3ff421a"},{"fixed":"e831fdd60e5863ee03173baf5a0f7c5450b44381"},{"fixed":"69b43937f14bdc3594f57f1a507a14f3d1187136"},{"fixed":"09be0e7ac5f9374b6f8de72c89ed67129af71f65"},{"fixed":"f3f65c4177846c483bf009f8c512ab04b3c62466"},{"fixed":"37d3de40c1ffb6a5e626bf46ff5ef5766c824e2c"},{"fixed":"4bc217b25ea81034fad8e33fd33e4659f086421d"},{"fixed":"a2a93546d414c7fe4862b87183fb737d1300d9d2"},{"fixed":"60ff9bd4ffc87bace581e235a6728f5ac8e5071f"},{"fixed":"7bef797d707f1744f71156b21d41e3b8c946631f"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-50538.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}