CVE-2022-49177

kernel: hwrng: cavium - fix NULL but dereferenced coccicheck error

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

5.5

CVSS 3.1

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Published · February 26, 2025

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

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

hwrng: cavium - fix NULL but dereferenced coccicheck error

Fix following coccicheck warning: ./drivers/char/hw_random/cavium-rng-vf.c:182:17-20: ERROR: pdev is NULL but dereferenced.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference