# CVE-2022-50380: mm: /proc/pid/smaps\_rollup: fix no vma's null-deref

- 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: 2025-09-18 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.19

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm: /proc/pid/smaps_rollup: fix no vma's null-deref Commit 258f669e7e88 ("mm: /proc/pid/smaps_rollup: convert to single value seq_file") introduced a null-deref if there are no vma's in the task in show_smaps_rollup.

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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/dbe863bce7679c7f5ec0e993d834fe16c5e687b5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bb8769326c46db3058780c0640dcc49d8187b24
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a50ed2d28727ff605d95fb9a53be8ff94e8eaaf4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33fc9e26b7cb39f0d4219c875a2451802249c225
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97898139ca9b81ba9322a585e07490983c53b55a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4c84f06285e48f80e9843d0775ad92714ffc35a

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