CVE-2022-49618
Moderate
pinctrl: aspeed: Fix potential NULL dereference in aspeed_pinmux_set_mux()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pinctrl: aspeed: Fix potential NULL dereference in aspeed_pinmux_set_mux() pdesc could be null but still dereference pdesc->name and it will lead to a null pointer access. So we move a null check before dereference.
Exploit probability
0.3%
Published
February 26, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 17, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2022-49618
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pinctrl: aspeed: Fix potential NULL dereference in aspeed_pinmux_set_mux() pdesc could be null but still dereference pdesc->name and it will lead to a null pointer access. So we move a null check before dereference.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cb392b64304a05bf647e2e44efacd9a1f3c3c6a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/84a85d3fef2e75b1fe9fc2af6f5267122555a1ed
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e162a24f1dd06c0dcae71f2565c9f3da2827b98e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef1e38532f4b2f0f3b460e938a2e7076c3bed5ee
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/49xxx/CVE-2022-49618.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49618