{"cve":"CVE-2022-49797","nvd":{"published":"2025-05-01T15:16:02.990","modified":"2026-06-17T05:19:10.240","status":"Analyzed","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntracing: kprobe: Fix potential null-ptr-deref on trace_event_file in kprobe_event_gen_test_exit()\n\nWhen trace_get_event_file() failed, gen_kretprobe_test will be assigned\nas the error code. If module kprobe_event_gen_test is removed now, the\nnull pointer dereference will happen in kprobe_event_gen_test_exit().\nCheck if gen_kprobe_test or gen_kretprobe_test is error code or NULL\nbefore dereference them.\n\nBUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000012\nPGD 0 P4D 0\nOops: 0000 [#1] SMP PTI\nCPU: 3 PID: 2210 Comm: modprobe Not tainted\n6.1.0-rc1-00171-g2159299a3b74-dirty #217\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS\nrel-1.15.0-0-g2dd4b9b3f840-prebuilt.qemu.org 04/01/2014\nRIP: 0010:kprobe_event_gen_test_exit+0x1c/0xb5 [kprobe_event_gen_test]\nCode: Unable to access opcode bytes at 0xffffffff9ffffff2.\nRSP: 0018:ffffc900015bfeb8 EFLAGS: 00010246\nRAX: ffffffffffffffea RBX: ffffffffa0002080 RCX: 0000000000000000\nRDX: ffffffffa0001054 RSI: ffffffffa0001064 RDI: ffffffffdfc6349c\nRBP: ffffffffa0000000 R08: 0000000000000004 R09: 00000000001e95c0\nR10: 0000000000000000 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 0000000000000800\nR13: ffffffffa0002420 R14: 0000000000000000 R15: 0000000000000000\nFS:  00007f56b75be540(0000) GS:ffff88813bc00000(0000)\nknlGS:0000000000000000\nCS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033\nCR2: ffffffff9ffffff2 CR3: 000000010874a006 CR4: 0000000000330ee0\nDR0: 0000000000000000 DR1: 0000000000000000 DR2: 0000000000000000\nDR3: 0000000000000000 DR6: 00000000fffe0ff0 DR7: 0000000000000400\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n __x64_sys_delete_module+0x206/0x380\n ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0xd8/0x190\n ? syscall_enter_from_user_mode+0x1c/0x50\n do_syscall_64+0x3f/0x90\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-476"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a41c0f2a5c3bf72b4c4e9dd4b1025378201e332","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb70fcae4115d24b7e8cee17a6da8b1943f546bb","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0d75267f59d7084e0468bd68beeb1bf9c71d7c0","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd0efd4f7bfe611a8339ba01bc2ac3c33e79159d"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:01:22.920403922+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2022-49797","score":0.00202,"percentile":0.10104,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}