CVE-2022-49060

net/smc: Fix NULL pointer dereference in smc_pnet_find_ib()

Medium · published February 26, 2025

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
18.0
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/smc: Fix NULL pointer dereference in smc_pnet_find_ib()

dev_name() was called with dev.parent as argument but without to

NULL-check it before.

Solve this by checking the pointer before the call to dev_name().

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
5.5 · MEDIUM
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00268 · 18.0th percentile
Published
2025-02-26T01:54Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 26 FEB 01:54Z
    net/smc: Fix NULL pointer dereference in smc_pnet_find_ib()
    cvelistv5