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CVE-2022-49544

kernel: ipw2x00: Fix potential NULL dereference in libipw_xmit()

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Severity

Moderate

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:

ipw2x00: Fix potential NULL dereference in libipw_xmit()

crypt and crypt->ops could be null, so we need to checking null before dereference

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