CVE Catalog

CVE-2022-49104

MediumCVSS 5.5
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.24%

15th percentile - higher than 15% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, an issue in the staging vchiq_core driver was fixed where find_service_by_handle could return NULL for an invalid handle, leading to a NULL pointer dereference.

Risk Assessment

NULL pointer dereference can lead to system or service crash.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix for CVE-2022-49104.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: vchiq_core: handle NULL result of find_service_by_handle In case of an invalid handle the function find_servive_by_handle returns NULL. So take care of this and avoid a NULL pointer dereference.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS