Vulnerabilities > CVE-2022-49472 - NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in Linux Kernel
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
HIGH Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: phy: micrel: Allow probing without .driver_data Currently, if the .probe element is present in the phy_driver structure and the .driver_data is not, a NULL pointer dereference happens. Allow passing .probe without .driver_data by inserting NULL checks for priv->type.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/143878e18001c5a61fcc7ae5c5240323753bb641
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e5fbfc2a6f384e3195446c14bbd3bc298eb88c2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/660dfa033ccc9afb032015b6dc76e846bba42cfb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7dcb404662839a4ed1a9703658fee979eb894ca4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91e720b32cba25fa58eaa4c88fe957009cffe9f3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abb5594ae2ba7b82cce85917cc6337ec5d774837
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd219273b4e004a3f853da72e111fc8f81357501
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2ef6f7539c68c6bd6c32323d8845ee102b7c450