CVE-2022-49177

MEDIUM EPSS 11.4%
Published Feb 26, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
5.5 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Feb 26, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwrng: cavium - fix NULL but dereferenced coccicheck error Fix following coccicheck warning: ./drivers/char/hw_random/cavium-rng-vf.c:182:17-20: ERROR: pdev is NULL but dereferenced.

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
11.4% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel* <5.17.2

References 2

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e47b12f9415169eceda6770fcf45802e0c8d2a66
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6205ad58a7ac194abfb33897585b38687d797fa
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e47b12f9415169eceda6770fcf45802e0c8d2a66
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6205ad58a7ac194abfb33897585b38687d797fa
    Patch