# CVE-2022-50884: drm: Prevent drm_copy_field() to attempt copying a NULL pointer

> A local attacker can trigger a kernel crash by exploiting a NULL pointer dereference in the DRM subsystem when a driver fails to initialize required fields.

- **Severity:** Not scored
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 30 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-50884, GHSA-8j2h-xvv4-99jg, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-50884

## What is CVE-2022-50884?

CVE-2022-50884 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 30 Dec 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: Prevent drm_copy_field() to attempt copying a NULL pointer

There are some struct drm_driver fields that are required by drivers since
drm_copy_field() attempts to copy them to user-space via DRM_IOCTL_VERSION.

But it can be possible that a driver has a bug and did not set some of the
fields, which leads to drm_copy_field() attempting to copy a NULL pointer:

[ +10.395966] Unable to handle kernel access to user memory outside uaccess routines at virtual address 0000000000000000
[  +0.010955] Mem abort info:
[  +0.002835]   ESR = 0x0000000096000004
[  +0.003872]   EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[  +0.005395]   SET = 0, FnV = 0
[  +0.003113]   EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
[  +0.003182]   FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault
[  +0.004964] Data abort info:
[  +0.002919]   ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004
[  +0.003886]   CM = 0, WnR = 0
[  +0.003040] user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=0000000115dad000
[  +0.006536] [0000000000000000] pgd=0000000000000000, p4d=0000000000000000
[  +0.006925] Internal error: Oops: 96000004 [#1] SMP
...
[  +0.011113] pstate: 80400005 (Nzcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
[  +0.007061] pc : __pi_strlen+0x14/0x150
[  +0.003895] lr : drm_copy_field+0x30/0x1a4
[  +0.004156] sp : ffff8000094b3a50
[  +0.003355] x29: ffff8000094b3a50 x28: ffff8000094b3b70 x27: 0000000000000040
[  +0.007242] x26: ffff443743c2ba00 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: 0000000000000040
[  +0.007243] x23: ffff443743c2ba00 x22: ffff8000094b3b70 x21: 0000000000000000
[  +0.007241] x20: 0000000000000000 x19: ffff8000094b3b90 x18: 0000000000000000
[  +0.007241] x17: 0000000000000000 x16: 0000000000000000 x15: 0000aaab14b9af40
[  +0.007241] x14: 0000000000000000 x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000
[  +0.007239] x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : ffffa524ad67d4d8
[  +0.007242] x8 : 0101010101010101 x7 : 7f7f7f7f7f7f7f7f x6 : 6c6e6263606e7141
[  +0.007239] x5 : 0000000000000000 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 0000000000000000
[  +0.007241] x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : ffff8000094b3b90 x0 : 0000000000000000
[  +0.007240] Call trace:
[  +0.002475]  __pi_strlen+0x14/0x150
[  +0.003537]  drm_version+0x84/0xac
[  +0.003448]  drm_ioctl_kernel+0xa8/0x16c
[  +0.003975]  drm_ioctl+0x270/0x580
[  +0.003448]  __arm64_sys_ioctl+0xb8/0xfc
[  +0.003978]  invoke_syscall+0x78/0x100
[  +0.003799]  el0_svc_common.constprop.0+0x4c/0xf4
[  +0.004767]  do_el0_svc+0x38/0x4c
[  +0.003357]  el0_svc+0x34/0x100
[  +0.003185]  el0t_64_sync_handler+0x11c/0x150
[  +0.004418]  el0t_64_sync+0x190/0x194
[  +0.003716] Code: 92402c04 b200c3e8 f13fc09f 5400088c (a9400c02)
[  +0.006180] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-50884?


## How do I fix CVE-2022-50884?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-50884 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50884 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-50884 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-50884 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 30 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-50884 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50884/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50884/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50884
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50884
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-50884

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-50884/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.