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

drm: Prevent drm_copy_field() to attempt copying a NULL pointer

There are some struct drm_driver fields that are required by drivers since
drm_copy_field() attempts to copy them to user-space via DRM_IOCTL_VERSION.

But it can be possible that a driver has a bug and did not set some of the
fields, which leads to drm_copy_field() attempting to copy a NULL pointer:

[ +10.395966] Unable to handle kernel access to user memory outside uaccess routines at virtual address 0000000000000000
[ +0.010955] Mem abort info:
[ +0.002835] ESR = 0x0000000096000004
[ +0.003872] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[ +0.005395] SET = 0, FnV = 0
[ +0.003113] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
[ +0.003182] FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault
[ +0.004964] Data abort info:
[ +0.002919] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004
[ +0.003886] CM = 0, WnR = 0
[ +0.003040] user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000115dad000
[ +0.006536] [0000000000000000] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000
[ +0.006925] Internal error: Oops: 96000004 [#1] SMP
...
[ +0.011113] pstate: 80400005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
[ +0.007061] pc : __pi_strlen+0x14/0x150
[ +0.003895] lr : drm_copy_field+0x30/0x1a4
[ +0.004156] sp : ffff8000094b3a50
[ +0.003355] x29: ffff8000094b3a50 x28: ffff8000094b3b70 x27: 0000000000000040
[ +0.007242] x26: ffff443743c2ba00 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000000000000040
[ +0.007243] x23: ffff443743c2ba00 x22: ffff8000094b3b70 x21: 0000000000000000
[ +0.007241] x20: 0000000000000000 x19: ffff8000094b3b90 x18: 0000000000000000
[ +0.007241] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000aaab14b9af40
[ +0.007241] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000
[ +0.007239] x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : ffffa524ad67d4d8
[ +0.007242] x8 : 0101010101010101 x7 : 7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f x6 : 6c6e6263606e7141
[ +0.007239] x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000000
[ +0.007241] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : ffff8000094b3b90 x0 : 0000000000000000
[ +0.007240] Call trace:
[ +0.002475] __pi_strlen+0x14/0x150
[ +0.003537] drm_version+0x84/0xac
[ +0.003448] drm_ioctl_kernel+0xa8/0x16c
[ +0.003975] drm_ioctl+0x270/0x580
[ +0.003448] __arm64_sys_ioctl+0xb8/0xfc
[ +0.003978] invoke_syscall+0x78/0x100
[ +0.003799] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x4c/0xf4
[ +0.004767] do_el0_svc+0x38/0x4c
[ +0.003357] el0_svc+0x34/0x100
[ +0.003185] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x11c/0x150
[ +0.004418] el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194
[ +0.003716] Code: 92402c04 b200c3e8 f13fc09f 5400088c (a9400c02)
[ +0.006180] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00047.

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Vendor Product Default status Versions
Linux Linux unaffected
Version Status Constraints
22eae947bf76e236ba972f2f11cfd1b083b736ad affected < d213914386a0ede76a4549b41de30192fb92c595
22eae947bf76e236ba972f2f11cfd1b083b736ad affected < ee9885cd936aad88f84d0cf90bf9a70e83e42a97
22eae947bf76e236ba972f2f11cfd1b083b736ad affected < 8052612b9d08048ebbebcb572894670b4ac07d2f
22eae947bf76e236ba972f2f11cfd1b083b736ad affected < cdde55f97298e5bb9af6d41c9303a3ec545a370e
22eae947bf76e236ba972f2f11cfd1b083b736ad affected < c28a8082b25ce4ec94999e10a30c50d20bd44a25
22eae947bf76e236ba972f2f11cfd1b083b736ad affected < ca163e389f0ae096a4e1e19f0a95e60ed80b4e31
22eae947bf76e236ba972f2f11cfd1b083b736ad affected < 2d6708ea5c2033ff53267feff1876a717689989f
22eae947bf76e236ba972f2f11cfd1b083b736ad affected < 6cf5e9356b2d856403ee480f987f3ea64dbf8d8c
22eae947bf76e236ba972f2f11cfd1b083b736ad affected < f6ee30407e883042482ad4ad30da5eaba47872ee
Linux Linux affected
Version Status Constraints
2.6.16 affected —
0 unaffected < 2.6.16
4.9.331 unaffected ≤ 4.9.*
4.14.296 unaffected ≤ 4.14.*
4.19.262 unaffected ≤ 4.19.*
5.4.220 unaffected ≤ 5.4.*
5.10.150 unaffected ≤ 5.10.*
5.15.75 unaffected ≤ 5.15.*
5.19.17 unaffected ≤ 5.19.*
6.0.3 unaffected ≤ 6.0.*
6.1 unaffected ≤ *

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cf5e9356b2d856403ee480f987f3ea64dbf8d8c cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8052612b9d08048ebbebcb572894670b4ac07d2f cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c28a8082b25ce4ec94999e10a30c50d20bd44a25 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca163e389f0ae096a4e1e19f0a95e60ed80b4e31 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdde55f97298e5bb9af6d41c9303a3ec545a370e cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d213914386a0ede76a4549b41de30192fb92c595 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee9885cd936aad88f84d0cf90bf9a70e83e42a97 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6ee30407e883042482ad4ad30da5eaba47872ee cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025123018-CVE-2022-50884-b4a2@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50884 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50884 cve-icon
History

Wed, 31 Dec 2025 12:15:00 +0000

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{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Low

Tue, 30 Dec 2025 12:45:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm: Prevent drm_copy_field() to attempt copying a NULL pointer There are some struct drm_driver fields that are required by drivers since drm_copy_field() attempts to copy them to user-space via DRM_IOCTL_VERSION. But it can be possible that a driver has a bug and did not set some of the fields, which leads to drm_copy_field() attempting to copy a NULL pointer: [ +10.395966] Unable to handle kernel access to user memory outside uaccess routines at virtual address 0000000000000000 [ +0.010955] Mem abort info: [ +0.002835] ESR = 0x0000000096000004 [ +0.003872] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits [ +0.005395] SET = 0, FnV = 0 [ +0.003113] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 [ +0.003182] FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault [ +0.004964] Data abort info: [ +0.002919] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004 [ +0.003886] CM = 0, WnR = 0 [ +0.003040] user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000115dad000 [ +0.006536] [0000000000000000] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000 [ +0.006925] Internal error: Oops: 96000004 [#1] SMP ... [ +0.011113] pstate: 80400005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) [ +0.007061] pc : __pi_strlen+0x14/0x150 [ +0.003895] lr : drm_copy_field+0x30/0x1a4 [ +0.004156] sp : ffff8000094b3a50 [ +0.003355] x29: ffff8000094b3a50 x28: ffff8000094b3b70 x27: 0000000000000040 [ +0.007242] x26: ffff443743c2ba00 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000000000000040 [ +0.007243] x23: ffff443743c2ba00 x22: ffff8000094b3b70 x21: 0000000000000000 [ +0.007241] x20: 0000000000000000 x19: ffff8000094b3b90 x18: 0000000000000000 [ +0.007241] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000aaab14b9af40 [ +0.007241] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000 [ +0.007239] x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : ffffa524ad67d4d8 [ +0.007242] x8 : 0101010101010101 x7 : 7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f x6 : 6c6e6263606e7141 [ +0.007239] x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000000 [ +0.007241] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : ffff8000094b3b90 x0 : 0000000000000000 [ +0.007240] Call trace: [ +0.002475] __pi_strlen+0x14/0x150 [ +0.003537] drm_version+0x84/0xac [ +0.003448] drm_ioctl_kernel+0xa8/0x16c [ +0.003975] drm_ioctl+0x270/0x580 [ +0.003448] __arm64_sys_ioctl+0xb8/0xfc [ +0.003978] invoke_syscall+0x78/0x100 [ +0.003799] el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x4c/0xf4 [ +0.004767] do_el0_svc+0x38/0x4c [ +0.003357] el0_svc+0x34/0x100 [ +0.003185] el0t_64_sync_handler+0x11c/0x150 [ +0.004418] el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194 [ +0.003716] Code: 92402c04 b200c3e8 f13fc09f 5400088c (a9400c02) [ +0.006180] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
Title drm: Prevent drm_copy_field() to attempt copying a NULL pointer
First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-01-02T15:05:18.258Z

Reserved: 2025-12-30T12:26:05.425Z

Link: CVE-2022-50884

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-12-30T13:16:03.493

Modified: 2025-12-31T20:43:05.160

Link: CVE-2022-50884

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2025-12-30T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2022-50884 - Bugzilla

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