NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel - CVE-2022-50364

Vulnerability identifier: #VU115796

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-2022-50364

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 i2c_mux_reg_probe() function in drivers/i2c/muxes/i2c-mux-reg.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5 LTSS Extended
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3
SUSE Manager Server 4.3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP5
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing ESPOS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing LTSS 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 12
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
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cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 5.14.21-150500.13.109.1
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• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d47b79d2bd39cc6369eccf94a06568d84c906ae
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61df25c41b8e0d2c988ccf17139f70075a2e1ba4
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8212800943997fab61874550278d653cb378c60c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5049b3ad9446203b916ee375f30fa217735f63a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7a440c89b6d460154efeb058272760e41bdfea8
• https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.1.2

• NULL pointer dereference in Linux kernel i2c muxes driver
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel