{"id":"CVE-2022-48942","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2022-48942","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:56:59.996Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: Handle failure to register sensor with thermal zone correctly If an attempt is made to a sensor with a thermal zone and it fails, the call to…","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nhwmon: Handle failure to register sensor with thermal zone correctly\n\nIf an attempt is made to a sensor with a thermal zone and it fails,\nthe call to devm_thermal_zone_of_sensor_register() may return -ENODEV.\nThis may result in crashes similar to the following.\n\nUnable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000003cd\n...\nInternal error: Oops: 96000021 [#1] PREEMPT SMP\n...\npstate: 60400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)\npc : mutex_lock+0x18/0x60\nlr : thermal_zone_device_update+0x40/0x2e0\nsp : ffff800014c4fc60\nx29: ffff800014c4fc60 x28: ffff365ee3f6e000 x27: ffffdde218426790\nx26: ffff365ee3f6e000 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffff365ee3f6e000\nx23: ffffdde218426870 x22: ffff365ee3f6e000 x21: 00000000000003cd\nx20: ffff365ee8bf3308 x19: ffffffffffffffed x18: 0000000000000000\nx17: ffffdde21842689c x16: ffffdde1cb7a0b7c x15: 0000000000000040\nx14: ffffdde21a4889a0 x13: 0000000000000228 x12: 0000000000000000\nx11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : 0000000000000000\nx8 : 0000000001120000 x7 : 0000000000000001 x6 : 0000000000000000\nx5 : 0068000878e20f07 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 00000000000003cd\nx2 : ffff365ee3f6e000 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 00000000000003cd\nCall trace:\n mutex_lock+0x18/0x60\n hwmon_notify_event+0xfc/0x110\n 0xffffdde1cb7a0a90\n 0xffffdde1cb7a0b7c\n irq_thread_fn+0x2c/0xa0\n irq_thread+0x134/0x240\n kthread+0x178/0x190\n ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\nCode: d503201f d503201f d2800001 aa0103e4 (c8e47c02)\n\nJon Hunter reports that the exact call sequence is:\n\nhwmon_notify_event()\n  --> hwmon_thermal_notify()\n    --> thermal_zone_device_update()\n      --> update_temperature()\n        --> mutex_lock()\n\nThe hwmon core needs to handle all errors returned from calls\nto devm_thermal_zone_of_sensor_register(). If the call fails\nwith -ENODEV, report that the sensor was not attached to a\nthermal zone  but continue to register the hwmon device.","published":"2024-08-22T04:15:19.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T05:16:40.000Z","status":"Analyzed","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":5.5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-476"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel"],"epss":{"score":0.00214,"percentile":0.11641,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.21%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b5f517cca36292076d9e38fa6e33a257703e62e","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7efe8499cb90651c540753f4269d2d43ede14223","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a1969e14ad93663f9a3ed02ccc2138da9956a0e","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/962b2a3188bfa5388756ffbc47dfa5ff59cb8011","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-48942","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}