Bug 2348065 (CVE-2022-49060) - CVE-2022-49060 kernel: net/smc: Fix NULL pointer dereference in smc_pnet_find_ib()
Summary: CVE-2022-49060 kernel: net/smc: Fix NULL pointer dereference in smc_pnet_find...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2022-49060
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-02-26 03:16 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-04-08 13:55 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-02-26 03:16:24 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net/smc: Fix NULL pointer dereference in smc_pnet_find_ib()

dev_name() was called with dev.parent as argument but without to
NULL-check it before.
Solve this by checking the pointer before the call to dev_name().

Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2025-02-26 12:10:26 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025022653-CVE-2022-49060-6210@gregkh/T

Comment 4 Avinash Hanwate 2025-02-26 16:38:57 UTC
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025022653-CVE-2022-49060-6210@gregkh/T


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