PT-2024-11872 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Published 2022-11-25 · Updated 2024-10-24 · CVE-2022-49009

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)

Description A vulnerability has been resolved in the Linux kernel related to the hwmon: (asus-ec-sensors) module. The issue arises because the devm kcalloc function may return NULL, and without proper checks, this could lead to a NULL pointer dereference. The resolution involves adding checks for the return value of devm kcalloc to prevent this issue.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

BDU:2025-14274

CVE-2022-49009

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 17

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/49xxx/CVE-2022-49009.json · Exploit
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a41ec58ac352fd176d5808af847663dc890f6053 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49009 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49009 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2022-49009 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2025-14274 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9bdc112be727cf1ba65be79541147f960c3349d8 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49009 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-49009 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49009 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49009 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/99410 · Telegram Post
• https://git.kernel.org/linus/9bdc112be727cf1ba65be79541147f960c3349d8 · Note
• https://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.0.12 · Note