Bug 2320791 (CVE-2022-49009)

Summary: CVE-2022-49009 kernel: hwmon: (asus-ec-sensors) Add checks for devm_kcalloc
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2024-10-21 22:04:34 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

hwmon: (asus-ec-sensors) Add checks for devm_kcalloc

As the devm_kcalloc may return NULL, the return value needs to be checked
to avoid NULL poineter dereference.
Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2024-10-22 04:59:26 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2024102152-CVE-2022-49009-9bee@gregkh/T