NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-doc package, versions <0:4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.14% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-KERNELDOC-15685154
  • published18 Mar 2026
  • disclosed15 Sept 2025

Introduced: 15 Sep 2025

CVE-2022-50308  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 kernel-doc to version 0:4.18.0-477.10.1.el8_8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:2951.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-doc package and not the kernel-doc package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

ASoC: qcom: Add checks for devm_kcalloc

As the devm_kcalloc may return NULL, the return value needs to be checked to avoid NULL poineter dereference.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1