CVE-2022-49805

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.17-6.0.9 - Null Pointer Dereference in lan966x_stats_init()

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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.

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