VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-49046
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: dev: check return value when calling dev_set_name() If dev_set_name() fails, the dev_name() is null, check the return value of dev_set_name() to avoid the null-ptr-deref.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.26%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.26%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: dev: check return value when calling dev_set_name() If dev_set_name() fails, the dev_name() is null, check the return value of dev_set_name() to avoid the null-ptr-deref.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.26% probability · 18th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-476
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e539b17d4cbe5fb8b5152dd9a6e4a8828f97db2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f345bb14ad4744950499ff222e2899209297afaPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/993eb48fa199b5f476df8204e652eff63dd19361Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c74d77a2d07744147d734138acd6ce9dba715e5dPatch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.