CVE-2022-49417 (GCVE-0-2022-49417)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2025-02-26 02:12
Modified
2025-05-04 08:37
Severity ?
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iwlwifi: mei: fix potential NULL-ptr deref If SKB allocation fails, continue rather than using the NULL pointer. Coverity CID: 1497650
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Linux Linux Version: 2da4366f9e2c44afedec4acad65a99a3c7da1a35
Version: 2da4366f9e2c44afedec4acad65a99a3c7da1a35
Version: 2da4366f9e2c44afedec4acad65a99a3c7da1a35
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