CVE-2022-50879: objtool: Fix SEGFAULT

Deferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-50879DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50879
Published 30-12-2025Last modified 23-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-50879 is a vulnerability in linux with no CVSS score yet. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Insufficient evidence

No CVSS vector published; no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
0.21%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 1
RHSA-2024:0439RHSA-2024:0448RHSA-2024:2394SUSE-SU-2026:0316-1

Timeline

  1. 30-12-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 23-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: objtool: Fix SEGFAULT find_insn() will return NULL in case of failure. Check insn in order to avoid a kernel Oops for NULL pointer dereference.

CVSS metrics

Risk metrics not yet published.

EPSS trend

Probability

0.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

11%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.21% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu122 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-144.161 | < 5.15.0-69.76
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1097.105 | < 5.15.0-1033.37
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.4-1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ 13810435b9a7014fb92eb715f77da488f3b65b99, < 418ef921cce2d7415fab7e3e93529227f239e4bb | ≥ 13810435b9a7014fb92eb715f77da488f3b65b99, < 0af0e115ff59d638f45416a004cdd8edb38db40c | ≥ 13810435b9a7014fb92eb715f77da488f3b65b99, < 23a249b1185cdd5bfb6971d1608ba49e589f2288 | ≥ 13810435b9a7014fb92eb715f77da488f3b65b99, < 38b9415abbd703438ebbc6fb74990bd0fbddc5b9 | ≥ 13810435b9a7014fb92eb715f77da488f3b65b99, < fcee8a2d4db404a93e690d79e7273b6ef9d33575 | ≥ 13810435b9a7014fb92eb715f77da488f3b65b99, < efb11fdb3e1a9f694fa12b70b21e69e55ec59c36 | 1f7f88aa4df593db34dd1d6345213f20888687fb | 1bea53df12c47517b6e487e6fed34d0c05d42905 | c6f589eed3b5a9b73b3be76a719917cc905bab0e | ≥ 4.9.106, < 4.10 | ≥ 4.14.48, < 4.15 | ≥ 4.16.14, < 4.17 | 4.17

3 vendors · 124 products

References

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