CVE-2022-49285

MEDIUM EPSS 14.6%
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: iio: accel: mma8452: use the correct logic to get mma8452_data The original logic to get mma8452_data is wrong, the *dev point to the device belong to iio_dev. we can't use this dev to find the correct i2c_client. The original logic happen to work because it finally use dev->driver_data to get iio_dev. Here use the API to_i2c_client() is wrong and make reader confuse. To correct the logic, it should be like this struct mma8452_data *data = iio_priv(dev_get_drvdata(dev)); But after commit 8b7651f25962 ("iio: iio_device_alloc(): Remove unnecessary self drvdata"), the upper logic also can't work. When try to show the avialable scale in userspace, will meet kernel dump, kernel handle NULL pointer dereference. So use dev_to_iio_dev() to correct the logic. Dual fixes tags as the second reflects when the bug was exposed, whilst the first reflects when the original bug was introduced.

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
14.6% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety

Affected Products 2

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥4.4  –  <5.15.54
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <5.17.2

References 3

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c0bb583a4444cce224e8661090cbffc98e2fe07
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c87b7b12f48db86ac9909894f4dc0107d7df6375
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2d9ebdbff79d87d27652578e6d1638ad3b5f3bf
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c0bb583a4444cce224e8661090cbffc98e2fe07
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c87b7b12f48db86ac9909894f4dc0107d7df6375
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2d9ebdbff79d87d27652578e6d1638ad3b5f3bf
    Patch