5.5

CVE-2022-49060: net/smc: Fix NULL pointer dereference in smc_pnet_find_ib()

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49060DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49060
Published 26-02-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-49060 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19.3% 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 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.27%
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 5
RHSA-2022:7683RHSA-2022:8267SUSE-SU-2025:01600-1SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1SUSE-SU-2025:1176-1SUSE-SU-2025:1183-1

Timeline

  1. 26-02-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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().

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

19%

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.

Ubuntu102 products
  • linux< 5.4.0-122.138 | < 5.15.0-37.39
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.4.0-1081.88 | < 5.15.0-1011.14
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ af5f60c7e3d593c2fa31b9a62c16eae75f074de3, < a05f5e26cb8bb4d07e0595545fcad1bb406f0085 | ≥ af5f60c7e3d593c2fa31b9a62c16eae75f074de3, < 35b91e49bc80ca944a8679c3b139ddaf2f8eea0f | ≥ af5f60c7e3d593c2fa31b9a62c16eae75f074de3, < 3a523807f01455fe9a0c1a433f27cd4411ee400f | ≥ af5f60c7e3d593c2fa31b9a62c16eae75f074de3, < 22025513ced3d599ee8b24169141c95cf2467a4a | ≥ af5f60c7e3d593c2fa31b9a62c16eae75f074de3, < d22f4f977236f97e01255a80bca2ea93a8094fc8 | 5.1
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.1, < 5.4.190 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.112 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.35 | ≥ 5.16, < 5.17.4 | 5.18:rc1 | 5.18:rc2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 5.17.6-1

3 vendors · 105 products

References

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