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CVE-2022-50509: Linux kernel may crash from unchecked memory allocation

CVE-2022-50509 · published 1 year ago
Summary

The Linux kernel code used for handling Coda media does not verify that a request for memory succeeded, which can lead to a crash if the allocation fails. This affects various Linux kernel builds, including standard, Azure, AWS, and LTS Xenial versions. Apply the latest kernel updates that include the new safety check to prevent the issue.

What to do
  • Update canonical linux-azure to version 4.15.0-1162.177~14.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-aws-hwe to version 4.15.0-1153.166~16.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-azure to version 4.15.0-1162.177~16.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-gcp to version 4.15.0-1147.163~16.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-hwe to version 4.15.0-208.219~16.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-oracle to version 4.15.0-1116.127~16.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux to version 4.15.0-208.220.
  • Update canonical linux-aws to version 4.15.0-1153.166.
  • Update canonical linux-aws-5.4 to version 5.4.0-1097.105~18.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-azure-4.15 to version 4.15.0-1162.177.
  • Update canonical linux-azure-5.4 to version 5.4.0-1104.110~18.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-gcp-4.15 to version 4.15.0-1147.163.
  • Update canonical linux-gcp-5.4 to version 5.4.0-1101.110~18.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-hwe-5.4 to version 5.4.0-144.161~18.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-ibm-5.4 to version 5.4.0-1045.50~18.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-kvm to version 4.15.0-1137.142.
  • Update canonical linux-oracle to version 4.15.0-1116.127.
  • Update canonical linux-oracle-5.4 to version 5.4.0-1094.103~18.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-raspi-5.4 to version 5.4.0-1081.92~18.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-aws-fips to version 4.15.0-2092.98.
  • Update canonical linux-azure-fips to version 4.15.0-2071.77.
  • Update canonical linux-fips to version 4.15.0-1108.119.
  • Update canonical linux-gcp-fips to version 4.15.0-2055.60.
  • Update canonical linux to version 5.4.0-144.161.
  • Update canonical linux-aws to version 5.4.0-1097.105.
  • Update canonical linux-aws-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1033.37~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-azure to version 5.4.0-1104.110.
  • Update canonical linux-azure-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1035.42~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-bluefield to version 5.4.0-1059.65.
  • Update canonical linux-gcp to version 5.4.0-1101.110.
  • Update canonical linux-gcp-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1031.38~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-hwe-5.15 to version 5.15.0-69.76~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-ibm to version 5.4.0-1045.50.
  • Update canonical linux-intel-iotg-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1027.32~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-iot to version 5.4.0-1013.15.
  • Update canonical linux-kvm to version 5.4.0-1087.93.
  • Update canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 to version 5.15.0-69.76~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1014.14~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-oracle to version 5.4.0-1094.103.
  • Update canonical linux-oracle-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1032.38~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-raspi to version 5.4.0-1081.92.
  • Update canonical linux-riscv-5.15 to version 5.15.0-1030.34~20.04.1.
  • Update canonical linux-xilinx-zynqmp to version 5.4.0-1022.26.
  • Update canonical linux-aws-fips to version 5.4.0-1099.107+fips1.
  • Update canonical linux-azure-fips to version 5.4.0-1104.110+fips1.
  • Update canonical linux-fips to version 5.4.0-1073.82.
  • Update canonical linux-gcp-fips to version 5.4.0-1101.110+fips1.
  • Update canonical linux to version 5.15.0-69.76.
  • Update canonical linux-aws to version 5.15.0-1033.37.
  • Update canonical linux-azure to version 5.15.0-1035.42.
  • Update canonical linux-gcp to version 5.15.0-1031.38.
  • Update canonical linux-gke to version 5.15.0-1030.35.
  • Update canonical linux-gkeop to version 5.15.0-1017.22.
  • Update canonical linux-ibm to version 5.15.0-1027.30.
  • Update canonical linux-intel-iotg to version 5.15.0-1027.32.
  • Update canonical linux-kvm to version 5.15.0-1030.35.
  • Update canonical linux-lowlatency to version 5.15.0-69.76.
  • Update canonical linux-nvidia to version 5.15.0-1023.23.
  • Update canonical linux-oracle to version 5.15.0-1032.38.
  • Update canonical linux-raspi to version 5.15.0-1026.28.
  • Update canonical linux-bluefield to version 5.15.0-1015.17.
  • Update canonical linux-intel-iot-realtime to version 5.15.0-1023.28.
  • Update canonical linux-realtime to version 5.15.0-1034.37.
  • Update canonical linux-azure-fde to version 5.15.0-1035.42.1.
  • Update debian linux to version 6.1.4-1.
  • Update linux kernel to version 6.1.2.
Affected software
Ecosystem VendorProductAffected versions
– linux linux_kernel >= 3.19, < 4.9.337
>= 4.10, < 4.14.303
>= 4.15, < 4.19.270
>= 4.20, < 5.4.229
>= 5.5, < 5.10.163
>= 5.11, < 5.15.86
>= 5.16, < 6.0.16
>= 6.1, < 6.1.2
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS canonical linux-azure < 4.15.0-1162.177~14.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 4.15.0-1162.177~14.04.1
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS canonical linux-aws All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS canonical linux-lts-xenial All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-hwe < 4.15.0-1153.166~16.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 4.15.0-1153.166~16.04.1
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS canonical linux-azure < 4.15.0-1162.177~16.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 4.15.0-1162.177~16.04.1
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp < 4.15.0-1147.163~16.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 4.15.0-1147.163~16.04.1
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe < 4.15.0-208.219~16.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 4.15.0-208.219~16.04.1
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle < 4.15.0-1116.127~16.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 4.15.0-1116.127~16.04.1
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS canonical linux All versions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-edge All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS canonical linux-kvm All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:16.04:LTS canonical linux-fips All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux < 4.15.0-208.220
Fix: upgrade to 4.15.0-208.220
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-aws < 4.15.0-1153.166
Fix: upgrade to 4.15.0-1153.166
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.4 < 5.4.0-1097.105~18.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1097.105~18.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-4.15 < 4.15.0-1162.177
Fix: upgrade to 4.15.0-1162.177
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.4 < 5.4.0-1104.110~18.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1104.110~18.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-4.15 < 4.15.0-1147.163
Fix: upgrade to 4.15.0-1147.163
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.4 < 5.4.0-1101.110~18.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1101.110~18.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-5.4 < 5.4.0-144.161~18.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-144.161~18.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-ibm-5.4 < 5.4.0-1045.50~18.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1045.50~18.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-kvm < 4.15.0-1137.142
Fix: upgrade to 4.15.0-1137.142
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle < 4.15.0-1116.127
Fix: upgrade to 4.15.0-1116.127
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.4 < 5.4.0-1094.103~18.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1094.103~18.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-raspi-5.4 < 5.4.0-1081.92~18.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1081.92~18.04.1
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.0 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.3 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-azure All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.3 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-edge All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.3 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gke-4.15 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gke-5.4 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gkeop-5.4 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-oem All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.0 All versions
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.3 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-fips < 4.15.0-2092.98
Fix: upgrade to 4.15.0-2092.98
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fips < 4.15.0-2071.77
Fix: upgrade to 4.15.0-2071.77
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS canonical linux-fips < 4.15.0-1108.119
Fix: upgrade to 4.15.0-1108.119
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-fips < 4.15.0-2055.60
Fix: upgrade to 4.15.0-2055.60
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fips All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS:18.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-fips All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux < 5.4.0-144.161
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-144.161
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-aws < 5.4.0-1097.105
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1097.105
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.15 < 5.15.0-1033.37~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1033.37~20.04.1
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Ecosystem VendorProductAffected versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure < 5.4.0-1104.110
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1104.110
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.15 < 5.15.0-1035.42~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1035.42~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-bluefield < 5.4.0-1059.65
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1059.65
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp < 5.4.0-1101.110
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1101.110
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.15 < 5.15.0-1031.38~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1031.38~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-5.15 < 5.15.0-69.76~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-69.76~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-ibm < 5.4.0-1045.50
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1045.50
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-intel-iotg-5.15 < 5.15.0-1027.32~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1027.32~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-iot < 5.4.0-1013.15
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1013.15
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-kvm < 5.4.0-1087.93
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1087.93
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 < 5.15.0-69.76~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-69.76~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 < 5.15.0-1014.14~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1014.14~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle < 5.4.0-1094.103
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1094.103
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.15 < 5.15.0-1032.38~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1032.38~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-raspi < 5.4.0-1081.92
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1081.92
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-5.15 < 5.15.0-1030.34~20.04.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1030.34~20.04.1
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-xilinx-zynqmp < 5.4.0-1022.26
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1022.26
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.11 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.8 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.11 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.8 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.11 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.8 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gke All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gke-5.15 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gkeop All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gkeop-5.15 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-5.11 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-5.8 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-intel-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-5.10 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-5.14 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-5.6 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.11 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.13 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-5.8 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-raspi2 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-5.11 All versions
Ubuntu:20.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-5.8 All versions
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-fips < 5.4.0-1099.107+fips1
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1099.107+fips1
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fips < 5.4.0-1104.110+fips1
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1104.110+fips1
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS canonical linux-fips < 5.4.0-1073.82
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1073.82
Ubuntu:Pro:FIPS-updates:20.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-fips < 5.4.0-1101.110+fips1
Fix: upgrade to 5.4.0-1101.110+fips1
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux < 5.15.0-69.76
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-69.76
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-allwinner-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-aws < 5.15.0-1033.37
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1033.37
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-aws-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure < 5.15.0-1035.42
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1035.42
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp < 5.15.0-1031.38
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1031.38
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gke < 5.15.0-1030.35
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1030.35
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-gkeop < 5.15.0-1017.22
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1017.22
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-ibm < 5.15.0-1027.30
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1027.30
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-intel-iot-realtime All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-intel-iotg < 5.15.0-1027.32
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1027.32
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-kvm < 5.15.0-1030.35
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1030.35
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency < 5.15.0-69.76
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-69.76
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia < 5.15.0-1023.23
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1023.23
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-nvidia-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-5.17 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-6.0 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-6.1 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle < 5.15.0-1032.38
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1032.38
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-oracle-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-raspi < 5.15.0-1026.28
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1026.28
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-realtime All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-riscv-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-starfive-5.19 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-starfive-6.2 All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-starfive-6.5 All versions
Ubuntu:Nvidia-BlueField:22.04:LTS canonical linux-bluefield < 5.15.0-1015.17
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1015.17
Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:22.04:LTS canonical linux-intel-iot-realtime < 5.15.0-1023.28
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1023.28
Ubuntu:Pro:Realtime:22.04:LTS canonical linux-realtime < 5.15.0-1034.37
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1034.37
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-6.11 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-gcp-6.11 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-hwe-6.11 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-intel All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-6.11 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-oem-6.8 All versions
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS canonical linux-raspi-realtime All versions
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS canonical linux-azure-fde < 5.15.0-1035.42.1
Fix: upgrade to 5.15.0-1035.42.1
Debian:12 debian linux < 6.1.4-1
Fix: upgrade to 6.1.4-1
Linux linux kernel >= 6.1.0, < 6.1.2
Fix: upgrade to 6.1.2
Original advisory text
media: coda: Add check for kmalloc
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: coda: Add check for kmalloc As the kmalloc may return NULL pointer, it should be better to check the return value in order to avoid NULL poineter dereference, same as the others.
Fix within
Internet-facing 60 days
Internal At next upgrade
  • Not known to be exploited
  • Needs hands-on effort to exploit (estimated)
  • Gives an attacker partial control (estimated)
Severity
6.8 Medium
Exploitation
<1% chance of attack within 30 days
Type
CWE-476NULL Pointer Dereference
Timeline
Published7 Oct 2025
Updated3 Nov 2026
First seen6 Mar 2026
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