CVE-2022-49962
kernel: xhci: Fix null pointer dereference in remove if xHC has only one roothub
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.1
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Published · June 18, 2025
Updated · June 30, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
xhci: Fix null pointer dereference in remove if xHC has only one roothub
The remove path in xhci platform driver tries to remove and put both main and shared hcds even if only a main hcd exists (one roothub)
This causes a null pointer dereference in reboot for those controllers.
Check that the shared_hcd exists before trying to remove it.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.1 · 7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference