Bug 2348267 (CVE-2022-49046)

Summary: CVE-2022-49046 kernel: i2c: dev: check return value when calling dev_set_name()
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-02-26 03:23:29 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

i2c: dev: check return value when calling dev_set_name()

If dev_set_name() fails, the dev_name() is null, check the return
value of dev_set_name() to avoid the null-ptr-deref.
Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2025-02-26 12:09:45 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025022650-CVE-2022-49046-9186@gregkh/T
Comment 4 Avinash Hanwate 2025-02-26 16:35:16 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025022650-CVE-2022-49046-9186@gregkh/T