5.5

CVE-2022-49104: staging: vchiq_core: handle NULL result of find_service_by_handle

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49104DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49104
Published 26-02-2025Last modified 12-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-49104 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 15.7% 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
0.24%
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 4 · Related 4

Timeline

  1. 26-02-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 12-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: vchiq_core: handle NULL result of find_service_by_handle In case of an invalid handle the function find_servive_by_handle returns NULL. So take care of this and avoid a NULL pointer dereference.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.24%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

16%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.24% 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.

Ubuntu108 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-37.39
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1011.14
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 77b3f6c49105088f157672c6e16deb0154a1383b, < aa0b7296785312a4bfa8fac0ba8ad78698fd9fcf | ≥ 77b3f6c49105088f157672c6e16deb0154a1383b, < 42f2142a337ee372455574809fc924580a7e51b2 | ≥ 77b3f6c49105088f157672c6e16deb0154a1383b, < 04202f54dd8899e10f56a89c4c1ede0043fa22af | ≥ 77b3f6c49105088f157672c6e16deb0154a1383b, < 3b424f6586a870b8d657c5e5419465bbe0e7b61f | ≥ 77b3f6c49105088f157672c6e16deb0154a1383b, < ca225857faf237234d2fffe5d1919467dfadd822 | 5.9
  • linux_kernel< 5.10.111 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.34 | ≥ 5.16, < 5.16.20 | ≥ 5.17, < 5.17.3
Debian1 product
  • linux< 5.17.3-1

3 vendors · 111 products

References

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