CVE-2022-49806

net: microchip: sparx5: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in sparx_stats_init() and sparx5_start()

published May 1, 2025

CVSS
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EPSS
0%
Percentile
9.2
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

net: microchip: sparx5: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in sparx_stats_init() and sparx5_start()

sparx_stats_init() calls create_singlethread_workqueue() and not

checked the ret value, which may return NULL. And a null-ptr-deref may

happen:

sparx_stats_init()

create_singlethread_workqueue() # failed, sparx5->stats_queue is NULL

queue_delayed_work()

queue_delayed_work_on()

__queue_delayed_work() # warning here, but continue

__queue_work() # access wq->flags, null-ptr-deref

Check the ret value and return -ENOMEM if it is NULL. So as

sparx5_start().

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00199 · 9.2th percentile
Published
2025-05-01T14:09Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 01 MAY 14:09Z
    net: microchip: sparx5: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in sparx_stats_init() and sparx5_start()
    cvelistv5