CVE-2022-49472

net: phy: micrel: Allow probing without .driver_data

Medium · published February 26, 2025

CVSS v3.1
5.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
19.8
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

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
0.00284 · 19.8th percentile
Published
2025-02-26T02:13Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 26 FEB 02:13Z
    net: phy: micrel: Allow probing without .driver_data
    cvelistv5