CVE-2022-50415

parisc: led: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in start_task()

Medium · published September 18, 2025

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
5.6
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

parisc: led: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in start_task()

start_task() calls create_singlethread_workqueue() and not checked the

ret value, which may return NULL. And a null-ptr-deref may happen:

start_task()

create_singlethread_workqueue() # failed, led_wq is NULL

queue_delayed_work()

queue_delayed_work_on()

__queue_delayed_work() # warning here, but continue

__queue_work() # access wq->flags, null-ptr-deref

Check the ret value and return -ENOMEM if it is NULL.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00167 · 5.6th percentile
Published
2025-09-18T16:03Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 SEP 16:03Z
    parisc: led: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in start_task()
    cvelistv5