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CVE-2022-49060net/smc: Fix NULL pointer dereference in smc_pnet_find_ib()
- 5.5MediumCVSS base score
- 0.27%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 80% 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: net/smc: Fix NULL pointer dereference in smc_pnet_find_ib() dev_name() was called with dev.parent as argument but without to NULL-check it before. Solve this by checking the pointer before the call to dev_name().
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
Published
- 15 months later
· 15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| 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)
- 0.27% · top 80% of all CVEs (12 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 af5f60c7e3d593c2fa31b9a62c16eae75f074de3 – < a05f5e26cb8bb4d07e0595545fcad1bb406f0085
- affected af5f60c7e3d593c2fa31b9a62c16eae75f074de3 – < 35b91e49bc80ca944a8679c3b139ddaf2f8eea0f
- affected af5f60c7e3d593c2fa31b9a62c16eae75f074de3 – < 3a523807f01455fe9a0c1a433f27cd4411ee400f
- affected af5f60c7e3d593c2fa31b9a62c16eae75f074de3 – < 22025513ced3d599ee8b24169141c95cf2467a4a
- affected af5f60c7e3d593c2fa31b9a62c16eae75f074de3 – < d22f4f977236f97e01255a80bca2ea93a8094fc8
- affected 5.1
- unaffected < 5.1
- unaffected 5.4.190 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.112 – ≤ 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/a05f5e26cb8bb4d07e0595545fcad1bb406f0085 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/35b91e49bc80ca944a8679c3b139ddaf2f8eea0f (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a523807f01455fe9a0c1a433f27cd4411ee400f (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22025513ced3d599ee8b24169141c95cf2467a4a (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d22f4f977236f97e01255a80bca2ea93a8094fc8 (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-2022-55144 (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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