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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2022-49141

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: dsa: felix: fix possible NULL pointer dereference As the possible failure of the allocation, kzalloc() may return NULL pointer.

MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 0.22%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.22%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: dsa: felix: fix possible NULL pointer dereference As the possible failure of the allocation, kzalloc() may return NULL pointer. Therefore, it should be better to check the 'sgi' in order to prevent the dereference of NULL pointer.

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
0.22% probability · 12th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-476
Affected
linux/linux kernel
Source
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.