# CVE-2022-50327: ACPI: processor: idle: Check acpi\_fetch\_acpi\_dev() return value

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-09-15 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.8

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPI: processor: idle: Check acpi_fetch_acpi_dev() return value The return value of acpi_fetch_acpi_dev() could be NULL, which would cause a NULL pointer dereference to occur in acpi_device_hid(). [ rjw: Subject and changelog edits, added empty line after if () ]

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8e8b5f12ee4ab6f5d252c9ca062a4ada9554e6d9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fdee7a0acc566c4194d40a501b8a1584e86cc208
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ad1190744da9d812da55b76f2afce750afb0a3bd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2ecd629c788bbfb96be058edade2e934d3763eaf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b85f0e292f73f353eea915499604fbf50c8238b4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2437513a814b3e93bd02879740a8a06e52e2cf7d

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