# CVE-2022-49875: bpftool: Fix NULL pointer dereference when pin {PROG, MAP, LINK} without FILE

- 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: 2025-05-01 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.7

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpftool: Fix NULL pointer dereference when pin {PROG, MAP, LINK} without FILE When using bpftool to pin {PROG, MAP, LINK} without FILE, segmentation fault will occur. The reson is that the lack of FILE will cause strlen to trigger NULL pointer dereference. The corresponding stacktrace is shown below: do_pin do_pin_any do_pin_fd mount_bpffs_for_pin strlen(name) <- NULL pointer dereference Fix it by adding validation to the common process.

## What to do

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c80b2fca4112d724dde477aed13f7b0510a2792
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6dcdd1b68b7f9333d48d48fc77b75e7f235f6a4a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da5161ba94c5e9182c301dd4f09c94f715c068bd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/34de8e6e0e1f66e431abf4123934a2581cb5f133

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