CVE-2022-49618

kernel: pinctrl: aspeed: Fix potential NULL dereference in aspeed_pinmux_set_mux()

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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:

pinctrl: aspeed: Fix potential NULL dereference in aspeed_pinmux_set_mux()

pdesc could be null but still dereference pdesc->name and it will lead to a null pointer access. So we move a null check 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