PT-2025-8406 · Linux+2 · Linux Kernel+2

Fabio Estevam · Published 2022-05-16 · Updated 2025-04-16 · CVE-2022-49472

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 issue in the Linux kernel has been resolved. The problem occurs when the .probe element is present in the phy driver structure but the .driver data is not, resulting in a NULL pointer dereference. The fix involves adding NULL checks for priv->type to allow passing .probe without .driver data.

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:2026-02616

CVE-2022-49472

SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1

SUSE-SU-2025:1176-1

SUSE-SU-2025:1183-1

SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1

SUSE-SU-2025:1293-1

SUSE-SU-2025_1027-1

SUSE-SU-2025_1241-1

SUSE-SU-2025_1293-1

Affected Products

Astra Linux

Linux Kernel

Suse

References · 1491

• 🔥 https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/49xxx/CVE-2022-49472.json · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:1293-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7dcb404662839a4ed1a9703658fee979eb894ca4 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49472 · Security Note
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91e720b32cba25fa58eaa4c88fe957009cffe9f3 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49472 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e5fbfc2a6f384e3195446c14bbd3bc298eb88c2 · Patch
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-49472 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/660dfa033ccc9afb032015b6dc76e846bba42cfb · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd219273b4e004a3f853da72e111fc8f81357501 · Patch
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/abb5594ae2ba7b82cce85917cc6337ec5d774837 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2025:1176-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/143878e18001c5a61fcc7ae5c5240323753bb641 · Patch