CVE-2022-48756
kernel: drm/msm/dsi: invalid parameter check in msm_dsi_phy_enable
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · June 20, 2024
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
drm/msm/dsi: invalid parameter check in msm_dsi_phy_enable
The function performs a check on the "phy" input parameter, however, it is used before the check.
Initialize the "dev" variable after the sanity check to avoid a possible NULL pointer dereference.
Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1493860 ("Null pointer dereference")
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 4.4CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference