In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ACPI: processor: idle: Check acpi_fetch_acpi_dev() return value

The return value of acpi_fetch_acpi_dev() could be NULL, which would
cause a NULL pointer dereference to occur in acpi_device_hid().

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History

Mon, 15 Sep 2025 15:00:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPI: processor: idle: Check acpi_fetch_acpi_dev() return value The return value of acpi_fetch_acpi_dev() could be NULL, which would cause a NULL pointer dereference to occur in acpi_device_hid(). [ rjw: Subject and changelog edits, added empty line after if () ]
Title ACPI: processor: idle: Check acpi_fetch_acpi_dev() return value
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-09-15T14:49:26.711Z

Reserved: 2025-09-15T14:18:36.815Z

Link: CVE-2022-50327

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Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-09-15T15:15:44.827

Modified: 2025-09-15T15:22:27.090

Link: CVE-2022-50327

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