SB20250226397 - NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel net phy driver
Published: February 26, 2025 Updated: May 11, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB20250226397
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) NULL pointer dereference (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-49472)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the kszphy_config_reset(), kszphy_config_init() and kszphy_probe() functions in drivers/net/phy/micrel.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
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
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.283
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.19.247
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.10.121
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.15.46
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.17.14
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.18.3
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.19
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.4.198