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CVE-2022-49060

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.…

Impact

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().

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
from 5.1 before 5.4.190
from 5.5 before 5.10.112
from 5.11 before 5.15.35
from 5.16 before 5.17.4
Version 5.18

Weakness classification

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