CVE-2022-50878
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NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux Kernel gpu-lt9611 Driver

Publication date: 2025-12-30

Last updated on: 2025-12-30

Assigner: kernel.org

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpu: lontium-lt9611: Fix NULL pointer dereference in lt9611_connector_init() A NULL check for bridge->encoder shows that it may be NULL, but it already been dereferenced on all paths leading to the check. 812 if (!bridge->encoder) { Dereference the pointer bridge->encoder. 810 drm_connector_attach_encoder(&lt9611->connector, bridge->encoder);
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Published
2025-12-30
Last Modified
2025-12-30
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2026-05-07
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2025-12-30
EPSS Evaluated
2026-05-05
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CVE-2022-50878
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lontium lt9611 *
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CWE-UNKNOWN
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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?

This vulnerability is a NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel's gpu driver for the lontium-lt9611 device. Specifically, the code dereferences the pointer bridge->encoder before checking if it is NULL, which can lead to a crash or undefined behavior.


How can this vulnerability impact me? :

The impact of this vulnerability could be a system crash or instability due to the NULL pointer dereference in the kernel driver, potentially causing denial of service or other unintended behavior.


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