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CVE-2022-50054 is a NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel Intel Adaptive Virtual Function (iavf) network driver. An error-handling path in iavf_init_get_resources can free the adapter's virtual-function resource structure after iavf_get_vf_config returns IAVF_ERR_ADMIN_QUEUE_NO_WORK while leaving the network device registered. A subsequent ethtool settings request invokes iavf_get_link_ksettings, which dereferences the freed-and-NULL resource pointer, causing a kernel oops.
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A vulnerability included in the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 kernel advisory; no further technical description is supplied in the content.
A CVE included in the Red Hat kernel advisory; the provided content does not describe the vulnerability.
A moderate-severity Linux kernel iavf-driver NULL-pointer dereference caused by improper error handling. A local low-privileged attacker can trigger a denial of service through a kernel crash.
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