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pinctrl: aspeed: Fix potential NULL dereference in aspeed_pinmux_set_mux()

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pinctrl: aspeed: Fix potential NULL dereference in aspeed_pinmux_set_mux() pdesc could be null but still dereference pdesc->name and it will lead to a null pointer access. So we move a null check before dereference.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
5.10.132, 5.15.56, 5.18.13
CVEs
CVE-2022-49618
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
4 Nov 2026, 16:13 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

pinctrl: aspeed: Fix potential NULL dereference in aspeed_pinmux_set_mux()

core-osv · Original source

Published 26 Feb 2025, 02:23 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pinctrl: aspeed: Fix potential NULL dereference in aspeed_pinmux_set_mux() pdesc could be null but still dereference pdesc->name and it will lead to a null pointer access. So we move a null check before dereference.

osv:CVE-2022-49618

Kernel

Fixed versions: 5.10.132, 5.15.56, 5.18.13

Complete source record
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