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linux — security advisory
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: coda: Add check for kmalloc As the kmalloc may return NULL pointer, it should be better to check the return value in order to avoid NULL poineter dereference, same as the others.
- Products
- linux
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.1.4-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-50509
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 30 Oct 2026, 15:43 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: coda: Add check for kmalloc As the kmalloc may return NULL pointer, it should be better to check the return value in order to avoid NULL poineter dereference, same as the others.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50509
linux
Fixed versions: 6.1.4-1
linux
Fixed versions: 6.1.4-1
linux
Fixed versions: 6.1.4-1
Complete source record
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