5.5

CVE-2022-49106: staging: vchiq_arm: Avoid NULL ptr deref in vchiq_dump_platform_instances

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49106DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49106
Published 26-02-2025Last modified 30-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-49106 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 15.5% 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
SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1SUSE-SU-2025:1176-1SUSE-SU-2025:1183-1SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1

Timeline

  1. 26-02-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 30-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: vchiq_arm: Avoid NULL ptr deref in vchiq_dump_platform_instances vchiq_get_state() can return a NULL pointer. So handle this cases and avoid a NULL pointer derefence in vchiq_dump_platform_instances.

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≥ 71bad7f086419dc674244b91ca35a12bfa4cb597, < 2eaeb83153b848923a0b121402b4be88223ca62e | ≥ 71bad7f086419dc674244b91ca35a12bfa4cb597, < 176df12b38c70b0a45e6392a0ee5bc83489dfc29 | ≥ 71bad7f086419dc674244b91ca35a12bfa4cb597, < 4627250cabaa80278d3ab01ad107893cea83799f | ≥ 71bad7f086419dc674244b91ca35a12bfa4cb597, < 51e5e5c34c22c0bfec0808d8c33e0b2fcf4c7c89 | ≥ 71bad7f086419dc674244b91ca35a12bfa4cb597, < aa899e686d442c63d50f4d369cc02dbbf0941cb0 | 4.9
  • linux_kernel< 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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