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scsi: sd: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: sd: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference If sd_probe() sees an early error before sdkp->device is initialized, sd_zbc_release_disk() is called. This causes a NULL pointer dereference when sd_is_zoned() is called inside that function. Avoid this by removing the call to sd_zbc_release_disk() in sd_probe() error path. This change is safe and does not result in zone information memory leakage because the zone information for a zoned disk is allocated only when sd_revalidate_disk() is called, at which point sdkp->disk_dev is fully set, resulting in sd_disk_release() being called when needed to cleanup a disk zone information using sd_zbc_release_disk().

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
5.10.122, 5.15.47, 5.17.15, 5.18.4
CVEs
CVE-2022-49376
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
5 Nov 2026, 02:02 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

scsi: sd: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference

core-osv · Original source

Published 26 Feb 2025, 02:11 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: sd: Fix potential NULL pointer dereference If sd_probe() sees an early error before sdkp->device is initialized, sd_zbc_release_disk() is called. This causes a NULL pointer dereference when sd_is_zoned() is called inside that function. Avoid this by removing the call to sd_zbc_release_disk() in sd_probe() error path. This change is safe and does not result in zone information memory leakage because the zone information for a zoned disk is allocated only when sd_revalidate_disk() is called, at which point sdkp->disk_dev is fully set, resulting in sd_disk_release() being called when needed to cleanup a disk zone information using sd_zbc_release_disk().

osv:CVE-2022-49376

Kernel

Fixed versions: 5.10.122, 5.15.47, 5.17.15, 5.18.4

Complete source record
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