CVE-2022-49046

MEDIUM EPSS 15.5%
Published Feb 26, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Feb 26, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: dev: check return value when calling dev_set_name() If dev_set_name() fails, the dev_name() is null, check the return value of dev_set_name() to avoid the null-ptr-deref.

CVSS Details

Base Score
5.5
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
3.6
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
15.5% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety

Affected Products 9

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.4.225  –  <4.5
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.9.225  –  <4.10
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.14.182  –  <4.15
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.19.125  –  <4.20
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.4.43  –  <5.5
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.6.15  –  <5.15.35
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <5.17.4
linuxlinux_kernel5.18any
linuxlinux_kernel5.18any

References 5

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e539b17d4cbe5fb8b5152dd9a6e4a8828f97db2
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f345bb14ad4744950499ff222e2899209297afa
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/993eb48fa199b5f476df8204e652eff63dd19361
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c74d77a2d07744147d734138acd6ce9dba715e5d
    Patch
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f345bb14ad4744950499ff222e2899209297afa
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/993eb48fa199b5f476df8204e652eff63dd19361
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c74d77a2d07744147d734138acd6ce9dba715e5d
    Patch