nvme-pci: fix a NULL pointer dereference in nvme_alloc_admin_tags
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme-pci: fix a NULL pointer dereference in nvme_alloc_admin_tags In nvme_alloc_admin_tags, the admin_q can be set to an error (typically -ENOMEM) if the blk_mq_init_queue call fails to set up the queue, which is checked immediately after the call. However, when we return the error message up the stack, to nvme_reset_work the error takes us to nvme_remove_dead_ctrl() nvme_dev_disable() nvme_suspend_queue(&dev->queues[0]). Here, we only check that the admin_q is non-NULL, rather than not an error or NULL, and begin quiescing a queue that never existed, leading to bad / NULL pointer dereference.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 4.14.283, 4.19.247, 4.9.318, 5.10.121, 5.15.46, 5.17.14, 5.18.3, 5.4.198
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-49492
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 8 Nov 2026, 01:55 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
nvme-pci: fix a NULL pointer dereference in nvme_alloc_admin_tags
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 26 Feb 2025, 02:13 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme-pci: fix a NULL pointer dereference in nvme_alloc_admin_tags In nvme_alloc_admin_tags, the admin_q can be set to an error (typically -ENOMEM) if the blk_mq_init_queue call fails to set up the queue, which is checked immediately after the call. However, when we return the error message up the stack, to nvme_reset_work the error takes us to nvme_remove_dead_ctrl() nvme_dev_disable() nvme_suspend_queue(&dev->queues[0]). Here, we only check that the admin_q is non-NULL, rather than not an error or NULL, and begin quiescing a queue that never existed, leading to bad / NULL pointer dereference.
osv:CVE-2022-49492
Kernel
Fixed versions: 4.9.318, 4.14.283, 4.19.247, 5.4.198, 5.10.121, 5.15.46, 5.17.14, 5.18.3
Complete source record
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