CVE-2022-49805
MEDIUMLinux Kernel 5.17-6.0.9 - Null Pointer Dereference in lan966x_stats_init()
Title source: llmDescription
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: lan966x: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in lan966x_stats_init() lan966x_stats_init() calls create_singlethread_workqueue() and not checked the ret value, which may return NULL. And a null-ptr-deref may happen: lan966x_stats_init() create_singlethread_workqueue() # failed, lan966x->stats_queue is NULL queue_delayed_work() queue_delayed_work_on() __queue_delayed_work() # warning here, but continue __queue_work() # access wq->flags, null-ptr-deref Check the ret value and return -ENOMEM if it is NULL.
References (2)
Core 2
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0014
EPSS Percentile
3.7%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-476
Status
published
Products (9)
linux/Kernel
5.17.0 - 6.0.10linux
Linux/Linux
< 5.17
Linux/Linux
12c2d0a5b8e2a1afc8c7738e19a0d1dd7f3d4007 - 4a43c1c6040e848e1344c7b16ac696b68fbc439c
Linux/Linux
12c2d0a5b8e2a1afc8c7738e19a0d1dd7f3d4007 - ba86af3733aece88dbcee0dfebf7e2dcfefb2be4
Linux/Linux
5.17
Linux/Linux
6.0.10 - 6.0.*
Linux/Linux
6.1
linux/linux_kernel
6.1 rc1 (5 CPE variants)
linux/linux_kernel
5.17 - 6.0.10
Published
May 01, 2025
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026