Bug 2395359 (CVE-2022-50244)

Summary: CVE-2022-50244 kernel: cxl: fix possible null-ptr-deref in cxl_pci_init_afu|adapter()
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-09-15 15:09:33 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

cxl: fix possible null-ptr-deref in cxl_pci_init_afu|adapter()

If device_register() fails in cxl_pci_afu|adapter(), the device
is not added, device_unregister() can not be called in the error
path, otherwise it will cause a null-ptr-deref because of removing
not added device.

As comment of device_register() says, it should use put_device() to give
up the reference in the error path. So split device_unregister() into
device_del() and put_device(), then goes to put dev when register fails.
Comment 1 Jon Moroney 2025-09-15 20:09:03 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025091548-CVE-2022-50244-4e09@gregkh/T