ghsa-r33j-vf7v-cq2v
Vulnerability from github
Published
2025-03-17 18:31
Modified
2025-03-17 18:31
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: phy: micrel: Allow probing without .driver_data

Currently, if the .probe element is present in the phy_driver structure and the .driver_data is not, a NULL pointer dereference happens.

Allow passing .probe without .driver_data by inserting NULL checks for priv->type.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2022-49472"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
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      "CWE-476"
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    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-02-26T07:01:23Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: phy: micrel: Allow probing without .driver_data\n\nCurrently, if the .probe element is present in the phy_driver structure\nand the .driver_data is not, a NULL pointer dereference happens.\n\nAllow passing .probe without .driver_data by inserting NULL checks\nfor priv-\u003etype.",
  "id": "GHSA-r33j-vf7v-cq2v",
  "modified": "2025-03-17T18:31:50Z",
  "published": "2025-03-17T18:31:50Z",
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