5.5

CVE-2022-49472: net: phy: micrel: Allow probing without .driver_data

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2022-49472DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49472
Published 26-02-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-49472 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21% 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
0.28%
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 5 · Related 5
SUSE-SU-2025:1027-1SUSE-SU-2025:1176-1SUSE-SU-2025:1183-1SUSE-SU-2025:1241-1SUSE-SU-2025:1293-1

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: phy: micrel: Allow probing without .driver_data Currently, if the .probe element is present in the phy_driver structure and the .driver_data is not, a NULL pointer dereference happens. Allow passing .probe without .driver_data by inserting NULL checks for priv->type.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.28%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

21%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.28% 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.

Ubuntu112 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.15.0-192.203 | < 5.4.0-126.142 | < 5.15.0-47.51
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 4.15.0-1140.151 | < 5.4.0-1085.92 | < 5.15.0-1019.23
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ e6a423a81da0eb3da755428f4d2df5a9ba13030f, < 7dcb404662839a4ed1a9703658fee979eb894ca4 | ≥ e6a423a81da0eb3da755428f4d2df5a9ba13030f, < 91e720b32cba25fa58eaa4c88fe957009cffe9f3 | ≥ e6a423a81da0eb3da755428f4d2df5a9ba13030f, < 1e5fbfc2a6f384e3195446c14bbd3bc298eb88c2 | ≥ e6a423a81da0eb3da755428f4d2df5a9ba13030f, < abb5594ae2ba7b82cce85917cc6337ec5d774837 | ≥ e6a423a81da0eb3da755428f4d2df5a9ba13030f, < 660dfa033ccc9afb032015b6dc76e846bba42cfb | ≥ e6a423a81da0eb3da755428f4d2df5a9ba13030f, < 143878e18001c5a61fcc7ae5c5240323753bb641 | ≥ e6a423a81da0eb3da755428f4d2df5a9ba13030f, < bd219273b4e004a3f853da72e111fc8f81357501 | ≥ e6a423a81da0eb3da755428f4d2df5a9ba13030f, < f2ef6f7539c68c6bd6c32323d8845ee102b7c450 | 3.19
  • linux_kernel< 4.14.283 | ≥ 4.15, < 4.19.247 | ≥ 4.20, < 5.4.198 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.121 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.46 | ≥ 5.16, < 5.17.14 | ≥ 5.18, < 5.18.3
Debian1 product
  • linux< 5.18.5-1

3 vendors · 115 products

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