vulnerability
Debian: CVE-2022-49805: linux -- security update
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C) | May 1, 2025 | May 5, 2025 | Mar 30, 2026 |
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: lan966x: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in lan966x_stats_init()
lan966x_stats_init() calls create_singlethread_workqueue() and not
checked the ret value, which may return NULL. And a null-ptr-deref may
happen:
lan966x_stats_init()
create_singlethread_workqueue() # failed, lan966x->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.
Solution
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