CVE-2022-49928: linux NULL Pointer Dereference
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-49928 is a high (CVSS 7.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 28.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 4 · Related 4Timeline
- 01-05-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: SUNRPC: Fix null-ptr-deref when xps sysfs alloc failed There is a null-ptr-deref when xps sysfs alloc failed: BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in sysfs_do_create_link_sd+0x40/0xd0 Read of size 8 at addr 0000000000000030 by task gssproxy/457 CPU: 5 PID: 457 Comm: gssproxy Not tainted 6.0.0-09040-g02357b27ee03 #9 Call Trace: <TASK> dump_stack_lvl+0x34/0x44 kasan_report+0xa3/0x120 sysfs_do_create_link_sd+0x40/0xd0 rpc_sysfs_client_setup+0x161/0x1b0 rpc_new_client+0x3fc/0x6e0 rpc_create_xprt+0x71/0x220 rpc_create+0x1d4/0x350 gssp_rpc_create+0xc3/0x160 set_gssp_clnt+0xbc/0x140 write_gssp+0x116/0x1a0 proc_reg_write+0xd6/0x130 vfs_write+0x177/0x690 ksys_write+0xb9/0x150 do_syscall_64+0x35/0x80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x46/0xb0 When the xprt_switch sysfs alloc failed, should not add xprt and switch sysfs to it, otherwise, maybe null-ptr-deref; also initialize the 'xps_sysfs' to NULL to avoid oops when destroy it.
CVSS metrics
4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.5HighCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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:HDiffers
- NVDNIST5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.36%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
28%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.01 pp
From 0.34% on 22-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Ubuntu95 products
- linux< 5.15.0-60.66
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws< 5.15.0-1030.34
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
- linux≥ baea99445dd4675a834e8a5987d2f368adb62e6c, < d59722d088a9d86ce6d9d39979e5d1d669d249f7 | ≥ baea99445dd4675a834e8a5987d2f368adb62e6c, < 7b189b0aa8dab14b49c31c65af8a982e96e25b62 | ≥ baea99445dd4675a834e8a5987d2f368adb62e6c, < cbdeaee94a415800c65a8c3fa04d9664a8b8fb3a | 5.14
- linux_kernel≥ 5.14, < 5.15.78 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.0.8 | 6.1:rc1 | 6.1:rc2 | 6.1:rc3
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.0.8-1
3 vendors · 98 products