CVE-2022-49308

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel Null Pointer Dereference via extcon sysfs state_show

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: extcon: Modify extcon device to be created after driver data is set Currently, someone can invoke the sysfs such as state_show() intermittently before dev_set_drvdata() is done. And it can be a cause of kernel Oops because of edev is Null at that time. So modified the driver registration to after setting drviver data. - Oops's backtrace. Backtrace: [<c067865c>] (state_show) from [<c05222e8>] (dev_attr_show) [<c05222c0>] (dev_attr_show) from [<c02c66e0>] (sysfs_kf_seq_show) [<c02c6648>] (sysfs_kf_seq_show) from [<c02c496c>] (kernfs_seq_show) [<c02c4938>] (kernfs_seq_show) from [<c025e2a0>] (seq_read) [<c025e11c>] (seq_read) from [<c02c50a0>] (kernfs_fop_read) [<c02c5064>] (kernfs_fop_read) from [<c0231cac>] (__vfs_read) [<c0231c5c>] (__vfs_read) from [<c0231ee0>] (vfs_read) [<c0231e34>] (vfs_read) from [<c0232464>] (ksys_read) [<c02323f0>] (ksys_read) from [<c02324fc>] (sys_read) [<c02324e4>] (sys_read) from [<c00091d0>] (__sys_trace_return)

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0028
EPSS Percentile 20.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (26)
linux/Kernel 3.5.0 - 4.14.283linux
linux/Kernel 4.15.0 - 4.19.247linux
linux/Kernel 4.20.0 - 5.4.198linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.47linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 5.17.15linux
linux/Kernel 5.18.0 - 5.18.4linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.122linux
Linux/Linux < 3.5
Linux/Linux 3.5
Linux/Linux 4.14.283 - 4.14.*
... and 16 more
Published Feb 26, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026