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CVE-2022-49731

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ata: libata-core: fix NULL pointer deref in ata_host_alloc_pinfo() In an unlikely (and prob…

Impact

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ata: libata-core: fix NULL pointer deref in ata_host_alloc_pinfo() In an unlikely (and probably wrong?) case that the 'ppi' parameter of ata_host_alloc_pinfo() points to an array starting with a NULL pointer, there's going to be a kernel oops as the 'pi' local variable won't get reassigned from the initial value of NULL. Initialize 'pi' instead to '&ata_dummy_port_info' to fix the possible kernel oops for good... Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with the SVACE static analysis tool.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
before 4.9.320
from 4.10 before 4.14.285
from 4.15 before 4.19.249
from 4.20 before 5.4.200
from 5.5 before 5.10.124
from 5.11 before 5.15.49

Weakness classification

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