# CVE-2022-49055: drm/amdkfd: Check for potential null return of kmalloc\_array()

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-02-26 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.2

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amdkfd: Check for potential null return of kmalloc_array() As the kmalloc_array() may return null, the 'event_waiters[i].wait' would lead to null-pointer dereference. Therefore, it is better to check the return value of kmalloc_array() to avoid this confusion.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32cf90a521dcc0f136db7ee5ba32bfe5f79e460e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40bf32dbfef866c83a3e74800b81d79e52b6d20b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94869bb0de69a812f70231b0eb480bb2f7ae73a6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c7a268b33882d5feaafd29c1734456f41ba41396
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d7a5aae884ca727d41c7ed15d4c82fdb67c040c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2658d5966bcee8c3eb487875f459756d4f7cdfc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a692c625e373fef692ffbc7fc41f8a025f01cb7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ebbb7bb9e80305820dc2328a371c1b35679f2667

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