CVE-2022-49046 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2022-49046

i2c: dev: check return value when calling dev_set_name()

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
1413ef638abae4ab5621901cf4d8ef08a4a48ba6, 1c1b4327970c79c1a2d0c3becfc12b9696177c55, c0d34399045609eda76882fa6d01fdfaf5b20d38, f1f3b4150baf7c3aa6b4e6b81b8ff1909996d507, a612c4ece2eb757011ae88a8410b48e523220b8d, 1bed86cfe5cb4529d036a14980d379aee8539982, 8a231148135d2d08a3ef721d438cd468ea4209d2, 4.4.225, 4.9.225, 4.14.182, 4.19.125, 5.4.43, 5.6.15, 5.7, 0, 5.10.236, 5.15.35, 5.17.4, 5.18

Timeline

Official Publish: February 26th, 2025
Last Modified: May 23rd, 2026
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.