linux — security advisory
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: extcon: Modify extcon device to be created after driver data is set Currently, someone can invoke the sysfs such as state_show() intermittently before dev_set_drvdata() is done. And it can be a cause of kernel Oops because of edev is Null at that time. So modified the driver registration to after setting drviver data. - Oops's backtrace. Backtrace: [] (state_show) from [] (dev_attr_show) [] (dev_attr_show) from [] (sysfs_kf_seq_show) [] (sysfs_kf_seq_show) from [] (kernfs_seq_show) [] (kernfs_seq_show) from [] (seq_read) [] (seq_read) from [] (kernfs_fop_read) [] (kernfs_fop_read) from [] (__vfs_read) [] (__vfs_read) from [] (vfs_read) [] (vfs_read) from [] (ksys_read) [] (ksys_read) from [] (sys_read) [] (sys_read) from [] (__sys_trace_return)
- Products
- linux
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.18.5-1
- CVEs
- CVE-2022-49308
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 30 Oct 2026, 14:54 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: extcon: Modify extcon device to be created after driver data is set Currently, someone can invoke the sysfs such as state_show() intermittently before dev_set_drvdata() is done. And it can be a cause of kernel Oops because of edev is Null at that time. So modified the driver registration to after setting drviver data. - Oops's backtrace. Backtrace: [] (state_show) from [] (dev_attr_show) [] (dev_attr_show) from [] (sysfs_kf_seq_show) [] (sysfs_kf_seq_show) from [] (kernfs_seq_show) [] (kernfs_seq_show) from [] (seq_read) [] (seq_read) from [] (kernfs_fop_read) [] (kernfs_fop_read) from [] (__vfs_read) [] (__vfs_read) from [] (vfs_read) [] (vfs_read) from [] (ksys_read) [] (ksys_read) from [] (sys_read) [] (sys_read) from [] (__sys_trace_return)
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49308
linux
Fixed versions: 5.18.5-1
linux
Fixed versions: 5.18.5-1
linux
Fixed versions: 5.18.5-1
Complete source record
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