CVE-2022-49472

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: phy: micrel: Allow probing without .driver_data Currently, if the .probe element is present in the phy_driver structure and the .driver_data is not, a NULL pointer dereference happens. Allow passing .probe without .driver_data by inserting NULL checks for priv->type.

Score

CVSS 3.1 5.5 Medium

Status

Modified - 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2025-02-26

Last modified

2026-05-11

Weaknesses

CWE-476

Affected products

• Linux Kernel (Linux)

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/143878e18001c5a61fcc7ae5c5240323753bb641
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e5fbfc2a6f384e3195446c14bbd3bc298eb88c2
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/660dfa033ccc9afb032015b6dc76e846bba42cfb
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7dcb404662839a4ed1a9703658fee979eb894ca4
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91e720b32cba25fa58eaa4c88fe957009cffe9f3
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abb5594ae2ba7b82cce85917cc6337ec5d774837
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd219273b4e004a3f853da72e111fc8f81357501
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f2ef6f7539c68c6bd6c32323d8845ee102b7c450