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CVE-2022-49472

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: phy: micrel: Allow probing without .driver_data Currently, if the .probe element is pr…

Impact

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: phy: micrel: Allow probing without .driver_data Currently, if the .probe element is present in the phy_driver structure and the .driver_data is not, a NULL pointer dereference happens. Allow passing .probe without .driver_data by inserting NULL checks for priv->type.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
before 4.14.283
from 4.15 before 4.19.247
from 4.20 before 5.4.198
from 5.5 before 5.10.121
from 5.11 before 5.15.46
from 5.16 before 5.17.14

Weakness classification

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