ghsa-gr6f-7hfg-779m
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-05-01 15:31
Modified
2025-11-07 21:31
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: microchip: sparx5: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in sparx_stats_init() and sparx5_start()

sparx_stats_init() calls create_singlethread_workqueue() and not checked the ret value, which may return NULL. And a null-ptr-deref may happen:

sparx_stats_init() create_singlethread_workqueue() # failed, sparx5->stats_queue is NULL queue_delayed_work() queue_delayed_work_on() __queue_delayed_work() # warning here, but continue __queue_work() # access wq->flags, null-ptr-deref

Check the ret value and return -ENOMEM if it is NULL. So as sparx5_start().

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-49806"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-476"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-05-01T15:16:03Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: microchip: sparx5: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in sparx_stats_init() and sparx5_start()\n\nsparx_stats_init() calls create_singlethread_workqueue() and not\nchecked the ret value, which may return NULL. And a null-ptr-deref may\nhappen:\n\nsparx_stats_init()\n    create_singlethread_workqueue() # failed, sparx5-\u003estats_queue is NULL\n    queue_delayed_work()\n        queue_delayed_work_on()\n            __queue_delayed_work()  # warning here, but continue\n                __queue_work()      # access wq-\u003eflags, null-ptr-deref\n\nCheck the ret value and return -ENOMEM if it is NULL. So as\nsparx5_start().",
  "id": "GHSA-gr6f-7hfg-779m",
  "modified": "2025-11-07T21:31:19Z",
  "published": "2025-05-01T15:31:47Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49806"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/456327e565dc49d18b2f595f39f47df8a36f1057"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/639f5d006e36bb303f525d9479448c412b720c39"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80e590aeb132887102c3fa79d99b338f099dc952"
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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