{
  "threat_severity" : "Low",
  "public_date" : "2025-12-30T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "kernel: drm: Prevent drm_copy_field() to attempt copying a NULL pointer",
    "id" : "2426222",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2426222"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "5.5",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-476",
  "details" : [ "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\ndrm: Prevent drm_copy_field() to attempt copying a NULL pointer\nThere are some struct drm_driver fields that are required by drivers since\ndrm_copy_field() attempts to copy them to user-space via DRM_IOCTL_VERSION.\nBut it can be possible that a driver has a bug and did not set some of the\nfields, which leads to drm_copy_field() attempting to copy a NULL pointer:\n[ +10.395966] Unable to handle kernel access to user memory outside uaccess routines at virtual address 0000000000000000\n[  +0.010955] Mem abort info:\n[  +0.002835]   ESR = 0x0000000096000004\n[  +0.003872]   EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits\n[  +0.005395]   SET = 0, FnV = 0\n[  +0.003113]   EA = 0, S1PTW = 0\n[  +0.003182]   FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault\n[  +0.004964] Data abort info:\n[  +0.002919]   ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004\n[  +0.003886]   CM = 0, WnR = 0\n[  +0.003040] user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000115dad000\n[  +0.006536] [0000000000000000] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000\n[  +0.006925] Internal error: Oops: 96000004 [#1] SMP\n...\n[  +0.011113] pstate: 80400005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)\n[  +0.007061] pc : __pi_strlen+0x14/0x150\n[  +0.003895] lr : drm_copy_field+0x30/0x1a4\n[  +0.004156] sp : ffff8000094b3a50\n[  +0.003355] x29: ffff8000094b3a50 x28: ffff8000094b3b70 x27: 0000000000000040\n[  +0.007242] x26: ffff443743c2ba00 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000000000000040\n[  +0.007243] x23: ffff443743c2ba00 x22: ffff8000094b3b70 x21: 0000000000000000\n[  +0.007241] x20: 0000000000000000 x19: ffff8000094b3b90 x18: 0000000000000000\n[  +0.007241] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000aaab14b9af40\n[  +0.007241] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000\n[  +0.007239] x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : ffffa524ad67d4d8\n[  +0.007242] x8 : 0101010101010101 x7 : 7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f x6 : 6c6e6263606e7141\n[  +0.007239] x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000000\n[  +0.007241] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : ffff8000094b3b90 x0 : 0000000000000000\n[  +0.007240] Call trace:\n[  +0.002475]  __pi_strlen+0x14/0x150\n[  +0.003537]  drm_version+0x84/0xac\n[  +0.003448]  drm_ioctl_kernel+0xa8/0x16c\n[  +0.003975]  drm_ioctl+0x270/0x580\n[  +0.003448]  __arm64_sys_ioctl+0xb8/0xfc\n[  +0.003978]  invoke_syscall+0x78/0x100\n[  +0.003799]  el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x4c/0xf4\n[  +0.004767]  do_el0_svc+0x38/0x4c\n[  +0.003357]  el0_svc+0x34/0x100\n[  +0.003185]  el0t_64_sync_handler+0x11c/0x150\n[  +0.004418]  el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194\n[  +0.003716] Code: 92402c04 b200c3e8 f13fc09f 5400088c (a9400c02)\n[  +0.006180] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---", "A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the Linux kernel's DRM subsystem. When a graphics driver incorrectly fails to initialize required fields in the drm_driver structure, the drm_copy_field() function attempts to copy from a NULL pointer when handling the DRM_IOCTL_VERSION ioctl, causing a kernel crash." ],
  "statement" : "This vulnerability requires a buggy DRM driver that fails to set mandatory fields. Standard upstream drivers set these fields correctly, so this primarily affects development or out-of-tree driver scenarios. The fix adds defensive NULL checks to prevent crashes from driver bugs.",
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "release_date" : "2023-11-14T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2023:7077",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8",
    "package" : "kernel-0:4.18.0-513.5.1.el8_9"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Out of support scope",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Fix deferred",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50884\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50884\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025123018-CVE-2022-50884-b4a2@gregkh/T" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2022-50884",
  "csaw" : false
}