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CVE-2022-49046i2c: dev: check return value when calling dev_set_name()
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.26%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 81% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: dev: check return value when calling dev_set_name() If dev_set_name() fails, the dev_name() is null, check the return value of dev_set_name() to avoid the null-ptr-deref.
Timeline
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By Linux
Published
- 21 months later
· 21 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.26% · top 81% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: partial
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Affected products
- affected 1413ef638abae4ab5621901cf4d8ef08a4a48ba6 – < 2e539b17d4cbe5fb8b5152dd9a6e4a8828f97db2
- affected 1413ef638abae4ab5621901cf4d8ef08a4a48ba6 – < 2f345bb14ad4744950499ff222e2899209297afa
- affected 1413ef638abae4ab5621901cf4d8ef08a4a48ba6 – < c74d77a2d07744147d734138acd6ce9dba715e5d
- affected 1413ef638abae4ab5621901cf4d8ef08a4a48ba6 – < 993eb48fa199b5f476df8204e652eff63dd19361
- affected 1c1b4327970c79c1a2d0c3becfc12b9696177c55
- affected c0d34399045609eda76882fa6d01fdfaf5b20d38
- affected f1f3b4150baf7c3aa6b4e6b81b8ff1909996d507
- affected a612c4ece2eb757011ae88a8410b48e523220b8d
- affected 1bed86cfe5cb4529d036a14980d379aee8539982
- affected 8a231148135d2d08a3ef721d438cd468ea4209d2
- affected 4.4.225 – < 4.5
- affected 4.9.225 – < 4.10
- affected 4.14.182 – < 4.15
- affected 4.19.125 – < 4.20
- affected 5.4.43 – < 5.5
- affected 5.6.15 – < 5.7
- affected 5.7
- unaffected < 5.7
- unaffected 5.10.236 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.35 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 5.17.4 – ≤ 5.17.*
- unaffected 5.18 – ≤ *
References
References5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e539b17d4cbe5fb8b5152dd9a6e4a8828f97db2 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f345bb14ad4744950499ff222e2899209297afa (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c74d77a2d07744147d734138acd6ce9dba715e5d (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/993eb48fa199b5f476df8204e652eff63dd19361 (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2022-55157 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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