linux — security advisory

{
  "id": "90fd841a6e30114e302ec416dc48630191f84358dc9989744038aad47142daa5",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50206",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50206",
    "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arm64: fix oops in concurrently setting insn_emulation sysctls emulation_proc_handler() changes table->data for proc_dointvec_minmax and can generate the following Oops if called concurrently with itself: | Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000010 | Internal error: Oops: 96000006 [#1] SMP | Call trace: | update_insn_emulation_mode+0xc0/0x148 | emulation_proc_handler+0x64/0xb8 | proc_sys_call_handler+0x9c/0xf8 | proc_sys_write+0x18/0x20 | __vfs_write+0x20/0x48 | vfs_write+0xe4/0x1d0 | ksys_write+0x70/0xf8 | __arm64_sys_write+0x20/0x28 | el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x7c/0x1c0 | el0_svc_handler+0x2c/0xa0 | el0_svc+0x8/0x200 To fix this issue, keep the table->data as &insn->current_mode and use container_of() to retrieve the insn pointer. Another mutex is used to protect against the current_mode update but not for retrieving insn_emulation as table->data is no longer changing.",
    "evidence": "osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50206",
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    "severity": "medium",
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          ],
          "package": {
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            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=bookworm",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:12"
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            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
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          "package": {
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            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=trixie",
            "ecosystem": "Debian:13"
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          "ecosystem_specific": {
            "urgency": "not yet assigned"
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        {
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          ],
          "package": {
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            "purl": "pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source&distro=forky",
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-15T08:03:17.739359084Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "upstream": [
        "CVE-2022-50206"
      ],
      "references": [
        "https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-50206"
      ]
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2022-50206",
        "evidence": "/upstream"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 326136,
  "published_at": "2025-06-18T11:15:51.39+00:00"
}