CVE-2022-49046
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.5 · CWE-476
5.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: dev: check return value when calling dev_set_name() If dev_set_name() fails, the dev_name() is null, check the return value of dev_set_name() to avoid the null-ptr-deref.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f345bb14ad4744950499ff222e2899209297afa ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f345bb14ad4744950499ff222e2899209297afaPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/993eb48fa199b5f476df8204e652eff63dd19361Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c74d77a2d07744147d734138acd6ce9dba715e5dPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e539b17d4cbe5fb8b5152dd9a6e4a8828f97db2
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html