NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-49944

Vulnerability identifier: #VU111545

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-49944

CWE-ID: CWE-476

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to NULL pointer dereference within the ucsi_unregister_connectors(), ucsi_init(), EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL() and ucsi_unregister() functions in drivers/usb/typec/ucsi/ucsi.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_113-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_28-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_113-default
kernel-default
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-default-livepatch

Install update from vendor's repository.

Linux kernel - addressed in versions 5.19.8, 6.0
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_113-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150500.11.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_28-debugsource - update to 1-150500.11.3.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_113-default - update to 1-150500.11.3.1
kernel-default - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d4044c9e6d2e3f11f1f8b5e0ee8647d3eb1afad
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5f73aa2cf8bef4a39baa1591c3144ede4788826e
• https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.19.8
• https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.0

• NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel typec ucsi driver
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel