5.5

CVE-2022-49046: i2c: dev: check return value when calling dev_set_name()

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49046DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49046
Published 26-02-2025Last modified 23-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-49046 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.26% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 18.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.26%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 6
DLA-4178-1SUSE-SU-2025:1293-1USN-8200-1USN-8200-2USN-8200-3USN-8201-1

Timeline

  1. 26-02-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 23-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.26%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

18%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.27% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu107 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-228.248 | < 5.15.0-37.39
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.4.0-1157.167 | < 5.15.0-1011.14
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 1413ef638abae4ab5621901cf4d8ef08a4a48ba6, < 2e539b17d4cbe5fb8b5152dd9a6e4a8828f97db2 | ≥ 1413ef638abae4ab5621901cf4d8ef08a4a48ba6, < 2f345bb14ad4744950499ff222e2899209297afa | ≥ 1413ef638abae4ab5621901cf4d8ef08a4a48ba6, < c74d77a2d07744147d734138acd6ce9dba715e5d | ≥ 1413ef638abae4ab5621901cf4d8ef08a4a48ba6, < 993eb48fa199b5f476df8204e652eff63dd19361 | 1c1b4327970c79c1a2d0c3becfc12b9696177c55 | c0d34399045609eda76882fa6d01fdfaf5b20d38 | f1f3b4150baf7c3aa6b4e6b81b8ff1909996d507 | a612c4ece2eb757011ae88a8410b48e523220b8d | 1bed86cfe5cb4529d036a14980d379aee8539982 | 8a231148135d2d08a3ef721d438cd468ea4209d2 | ≥ 4.4.225, < 4.5 | ≥ 4.9.225, < 4.10 | ≥ 4.14.182, < 4.15 | ≥ 4.19.125, < 4.20 | ≥ 5.4.43, < 5.5 | ≥ 5.6.15, < 5.7 | 5.7
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.4.225, < 4.5 | ≥ 4.9.225, < 4.10 | ≥ 4.14.182, < 4.15 | ≥ 4.19.125, < 4.20 | ≥ 5.4.43, < 5.5 | ≥ 5.6.15, < 5.15.35 | ≥ 5.16, < 5.17.4 | 5.18:rc1 | 5.18:rc2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 5.17.6-1

3 vendors · 110 products

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