CVE-2022-49177
Moderate
hwrng: cavium - fix NULL but dereferenced coccicheck error
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwrng: cavium - fix NULL but dereferenced coccicheck error Fix following coccicheck warning: ./drivers/char/hw_random/cavium-rng-vf.c:182:17-20: ERROR: pdev is NULL but dereferenced.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
February 26, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
869 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2022-49177
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwrng: cavium - fix NULL but dereferenced coccicheck error Fix following coccicheck warning: ./drivers/char/hw_random/cavium-rng-vf.c:182:17-20: ERROR: pdev is NULL but dereferenced.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e47b12f9415169eceda6770fcf45802e0c8d2a66
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6205ad58a7ac194abfb33897585b38687d797fa
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/49xxx/CVE-2022-49177.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49177