CVE-2022-50535 drm/amd/display: Fix potential null-deref in dm_resume

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A null pointer dereference in the AMD display driver during resume can cause a system crash, requiring a kernel patch.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
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Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2022-50535?

CVE-2022-50535 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 7 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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

drm/amd/display: Fix potential null-deref in dm_resume

[Why] Fixing smatch error: dm_resume() error: we previously assumed 'aconnector->dc_link' could be null

[How] Check if dc_link null at the beginning of the loop, so further checks can be dropped.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50535?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-50535?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2022-50535 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50535 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50535, GHSA-59w4-gmxc-g79m, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50535.

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