CVE-2022-49448

soc: bcm: Check for NULL return of devm_kzalloc()

Medium · published February 26, 2025

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
16.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

soc: bcm: Check for NULL return of devm_kzalloc()

As the potential failure of allocation, devm_kzalloc() may return NULL. Then

the 'pd->pmb' and the follow lines of code may bring null pointer dereference.

Therefore, it is better to check the return value of devm_kzalloc() to avoid

this confusion.

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
0.00261 · 16.9th percentile
Published
2025-02-26T02:12Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 26 FEB 02:12Z
    soc: bcm: Check for NULL return of devm_kzalloc()
    cvelistv5