CVE-2022-49618

MEDIUM EPSS 14.5%

Published Feb 26, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago

5.5 CVSS 3.1

Medium

Published Feb 26, 2025 1y ago

Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pinctrl: aspeed: Fix potential NULL dereference in aspeed_pinmux_set_mux() pdesc could be null but still dereference pdesc->name and it will lead to a null pointer access. So we move a null check before dereference.

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

14.5% percentile

Exploit & Patch Status

No Known Exploit

Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference Memory Safety

Affected Products 8

Vendor	Product	Version	Range
linux	linux_kernel	*	<5.10.132
linux	linux_kernel	*	≥5.11 – <5.15.56
linux	linux_kernel	*	≥5.16 – <5.18.13
linux	linux_kernel	5.19	any
linux	linux_kernel	5.19	any
linux	linux_kernel	5.19	any
linux	linux_kernel	5.19	any
linux	linux_kernel	5.19	any

References 4

git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cb392b64304a05bf647e2e44efacd9a1f3c3c6a

Patch
git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84a85d3fef2e75b1fe9fc2af6f5267122555a1ed

Patch
git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e162a24f1dd06c0dcae71f2565c9f3da2827b98e

Patch
git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef1e38532f4b2f0f3b460e938a2e7076c3bed5ee

Patch

Remediation

git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cb392b64304a05bf647e2e44efacd9a1f3c3c6a

Patch
git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84a85d3fef2e75b1fe9fc2af6f5267122555a1ed

Patch
git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e162a24f1dd06c0dcae71f2565c9f3da2827b98e

Patch
git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef1e38532f4b2f0f3b460e938a2e7076c3bed5ee

Patch