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net: dsa: felix: fix possible NULL pointer dereference

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: dsa: felix: fix possible NULL pointer dereference As the possible failure of the allocation, kzalloc() may return NULL pointer. Therefore, it should be better to check the 'sgi' in order to prevent the dereference of NULL pointer.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
5.17.3
CVEs
CVE-2022-49141
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
7 Nov 2026, 02:16 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

net: dsa: felix: fix possible NULL pointer dereference

core-osv · Original source

Published 26 Feb 2025, 01:55 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: dsa: felix: fix possible NULL pointer dereference As the possible failure of the allocation, kzalloc() may return NULL pointer. Therefore, it should be better to check the 'sgi' in order to prevent the dereference of NULL pointer.

osv:CVE-2022-49141

Kernel

Fixed versions: 5.17.3

Complete source record
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