CVE-2022-49071: drm/panel: ili9341: fix optional regulator handling
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-49071 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 17.9% 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 2 · Related 2Timeline
- 26-02-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/panel: ili9341: fix optional regulator handling If the optional regulator lookup fails, reset the pointer to NULL. Other functions such as mipi_dbi_poweron_reset_conditional() only do a NULL pointer check and will otherwise dereference the error pointer.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 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
- NVDNIST5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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 0.26% 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.
Ubuntu89 products
- linux< 5.15.0-37.39
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws< 5.15.0-1011.14
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ 5a04227326b04c15b015181772f5c853172fdb68, < 28dc1503a9d36654f9c61adb2915682515a30f71 | ≥ 5a04227326b04c15b015181772f5c853172fdb68, < e3d982c111a6c033671dd6084b07f62fbf50f76f | ≥ 5a04227326b04c15b015181772f5c853172fdb68, < 4ea189854b1e625ed5ec80d30147870f984db44c | ≥ 5a04227326b04c15b015181772f5c853172fdb68, < d14eb80e27795b7b20060f7b151cdfe39722a813 | 5.15
- linux_kernel≥ 5.15, < 5.15.34 | ≥ 5.16, < 5.16.20 | ≥ 5.17, < 5.17.3 | 5.18:rc1
Debian1 product
- linux< 5.17.3-1
3 vendors · 92 products