CVE-2022-50133

MEDIUM EPSS 7.2%

Published Jun 18, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago

5.5 CVSS 3.1

Medium

Published Jun 18, 2025 1y ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: xhci_plat_remove: avoid NULL dereference Since commit 4736ebd7fcaff1eb8481c140ba494962847d6e0a ("usb: host: xhci-plat: omit shared hcd if either root hub has no ports") xhci->shared_hcd can be NULL, which causes the following Oops on reboot: [ 710.124450] systemd-shutdown[1]: Rebooting. [ 710.298861] xhci-hcd xhci-hcd.2.auto: remove, state 4 [ 710.304217] usb usb3: USB disconnect, device number 1 [ 710.317441] xhci-hcd xhci-hcd.2.auto: USB bus 3 deregistered [ 710.323280] xhci-hcd xhci-hcd.2.auto: remove, state 1 [ 710.328401] usb usb2: USB disconnect, device number 1 [ 710.333515] usb 2-3: USB disconnect, device number 2 [ 710.467649] xhci-hcd xhci-hcd.2.auto: USB bus 2 deregistered [ 710.475450] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000003b8 [ 710.484425] Mem abort info: [ 710.487265] ESR = 0x0000000096000004 [ 710.491060] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits [ 710.496427] SET = 0, FnV = 0 [ 710.499525] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 [ 710.502716] FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault [ 710.507648] Data abort info: [ 710.510577] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004 [ 710.514462] CM = 0, WnR = 0 [ 710.517480] user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=00000008b0050000 [ 710.523976] [00000000000003b8] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000 [ 710.530961] Internal error: Oops: 96000004 [#1] PREEMPT SMP [ 710.536551] Modules linked in: rfkill input_leds snd_soc_simple_card snd_soc_simple_card_utils snd_soc_nau8822 designware_i2s snd_soc_core dw_hdmi_ahb_audio snd_pcm_dmaengine arm_ccn panfrost ac97_bus gpu_sched snd_pcm at24 fuse configfs sdhci_of_dwcmshc sdhci_pltfm sdhci nvme led_class mmc_core nvme_core bt1_pvt polynomial tp_serio snd_seq_midi snd_seq_midi_event snd_seq snd_timer snd_rawmidi snd_seq_device snd soundcore efivarfs ipv6 [ 710.575286] CPU: 7 PID: 1 Comm: systemd-shutdow Not tainted 5.19.0-rc7-00043-gfd8619f4fd54 #1 [ 710.583822] Hardware name: T-Platforms TF307-MB/BM1BM1-A, BIOS 5.6 07/06/2022 [ 710.590972] pstate: 40000005 (nZcv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ 710.597949] pc : usb_remove_hcd+0x34/0x1e4 [ 710.602067] lr : xhci_plat_remove+0x74/0x140 [ 710.606351] sp : ffff800009f3b7c0 [ 710.609674] x29: ffff800009f3b7c0 x28: ffff000800960040 x27: 0000000000000000 [ 710.616833] x26: ffff800008dc22a0 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000000000000000 [ 710.623992] x23: 0000000000000000 x22: ffff000805465810 x21: ffff000805465800 [ 710.631149] x20: ffff000800f80000 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: ffffffffffffffff [ 710.638307] x17: ffff000805096000 x16: ffff00080633b800 x15: ffff000806537a1c [ 710.645465] x14: 0000000000000001 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: ffff00080378d6f0 [ 710.652621] x11: ffff00080041a900 x10: ffff800009b204e8 x9 : ffff8000088abaa4 [ 710.659779] x8 : ffff000800960040 x7 : ffff800009409000 x6 : 0000000000000001 [ 710.666936] x5 : ffff800009241000 x4 : ffff800009241440 x3 : 0000000000000000 [ 710.674094] x2 : ffff000800960040 x1 : ffff000800960040 x0 : 0000000000000000 [ 710.681251] Call trace: [ 710.683704] usb_remove_hcd+0x34/0x1e4 [ 710.687467] xhci_plat_remove+0x74/0x140 [ 710.691400] platform_remove+0x34/0x70 [ 710.695165] device_remove+0x54/0x90 [ 710.698753] device_release_driver_internal+0x200/0x270 [ 710.703992] device_release_driver+0x24/0x30 [ 710.708273] bus_remove_device+0xe0/0x16c [ 710.712293] device_del+0x178/0x390 [ 710.715797] platform_device_del.part.0+0x24/0x90 [ 710.720514] platform_device_unregister+0x30/0x50 [ 710.725232] dwc3_host_exit+0x20/0x30 [ 710.728907] dwc3_remove+0x174/0x1b0 [ 710.732494] platform_remove+0x34/0x70 [ 710.736254] device_remove+0x54/0x90 [ 710.739840] device_release_driver_internal+0x200/0x270 [ 710.745078] device_release_driver+0x24/0x30 [ 710.749359] bus_remove_device+0xe0/0x16c [ 710.753380] device_del+0x178/0x390 [ 710.756881] platform_device_del.part ---truncated---

CVSS Details

Base Score

5.5

Exploitability

1.8

Impact

3.6

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

User Interaction None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality None

Integrity None

Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability

7.2% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

No Known Exploit

Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety

Affected Products 1

Vendor	Product	Version	Range
linux	linux_kernel	*	≥5.19 – <5.19.2

References 2

git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/371a8af4f26e06b4d51d893b4436f520b48d07fd

Patch
git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7de14d74d6551f0d097430f9893ce82ad17e5b8

Patch

Remediation

git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/371a8af4f26e06b4d51d893b4436f520b48d07fd

Patch
git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7de14d74d6551f0d097430f9893ce82ad17e5b8

Patch