CVE-2022-48749: drm/msm/dpu: invalid parameter check in dpu_setup_dspp_pcc
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-48749 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13.2% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 9 · Related 9Timeline
- 20-06-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/dpu: invalid parameter check in dpu_setup_dspp_pcc The function performs a check on the "ctx" input parameter, however, it is used before the check. Initialize the "base" variable after the sanity check to avoid a possible NULL pointer dereference. Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1493866 ("Null pointer dereference")
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.22%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
13%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.22% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu62 products
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ 4259ff7ae509ed880b3a7bb685972c3a3bf4b74b, < 93a6e920d8ccb4df846c03b6e72f7e08843d294c | ≥ 4259ff7ae509ed880b3a7bb685972c3a3bf4b74b, < 8f069f6dde518dfebe86e848508c07e497bd9298 | ≥ 4259ff7ae509ed880b3a7bb685972c3a3bf4b74b, < 1ebc18836d5df09061657f8c548e594cbb519476 | ≥ 4259ff7ae509ed880b3a7bb685972c3a3bf4b74b, < 170b22234d5495f5e0844246e23f004639ee89ba | 5.8
- linux_kernel≥ 5.8, < 5.10.96 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.19 | ≥ 5.16, < 5.16.5 | 5.17:rc1
Debian1 product
- linux< 5.16.7-1
3 vendors · 65 products
