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CVE-2022-49962

kernel: xhci: Fix null pointer dereference in remove if xHC has only one roothub

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7

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 · 7
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference