CVE-2022-49104: staging: vchiq_core: handle NULL result of find_service_by_handle
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.
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 4 · Related 4Timeline
- 26-02-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 12-08-2026Last 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- 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
0.24%
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
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.
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