# CVE-2022-50812: security: Restrict CONFIG\_ZERO\_CALL\_USED\_REGS to gcc or clang \> 15.0.6

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-12-30 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.15

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: security: Restrict CONFIG_ZERO_CALL_USED_REGS to gcc or clang > 15.0.6 A bad bug in clang's implementation of -fzero-call-used-regs can result in NULL pointer dereferences (see the links above the check for more information). Restrict CONFIG_CC_HAS_ZERO_CALL_USED_REGS to either a supported GCC version or a clang newer than 15.0.6, which will catch both a theoretical 15.0.7 and the upcoming 16.0.0, which will both have the bug fixed.

## What to do

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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/8a4236456a3a402f6bb92aa7b75e7a3b4ef7a72c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b202dfedb5aa2e7d07d849be33fa3a48c026926
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21ca0bfa11bbb9a9207f5d2104f47d3d71b4616e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d6a9fb87e9d18f3394a9845546bbe868efdccfd2

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