CVE-2022-49019: net: ethernet: nixge: fix NULL dereference
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-49019 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14.5% 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 7 · Related 7Timeline
- 21-10-2024PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethernet: nixge: fix NULL dereference In function nixge_hw_dma_bd_release() dereference of NULL pointer priv->rx_bd_v is possible for the case of its allocation failure in nixge_hw_dma_bd_init(). Move for() loop with priv->rx_bd_v dereference under the check for its validity. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
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
0.24%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
15%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.24% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not 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.
Ubuntu109 products
- linux< 5.4.0-144.161 | < 5.15.0-67.74
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws< 5.4.0-1097.105 | < 5.15.0-1031.35
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ 492caffa8a1a405f661c111acabfe6b8b9645db8, < 910c0264b64ef2dad8887714a7c56c93e39a0ed3 | ≥ 492caffa8a1a405f661c111acabfe6b8b9645db8, < 45752af0247589e6d3dede577415bfe117b4392c | ≥ 492caffa8a1a405f661c111acabfe6b8b9645db8, < 9c584d6d9cfb935dce8fc81a4c26debac0a3049b | ≥ 492caffa8a1a405f661c111acabfe6b8b9645db8, < 80e82f7b440b65cf131dce10f487dc73a7046e6b | ≥ 492caffa8a1a405f661c111acabfe6b8b9645db8, < 9256db4e45e8b497b0e993cc3ed4ad08eb2389b6 | 4.17
- linux_kernel≥ 4.17, < 5.4.226 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.158 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.82 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.0.12 | 6.1:rc1 | 6.1:rc2 | 6.1:rc3 | 6.1:rc4 | 6.1:rc5 | 6.1:rc6 | 6.1:rc7
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.0.12-1
3 vendors · 112 products