CVE-2022-49731

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ata: libata-core: fix NULL pointer deref in ata_host_alloc_pinfo() In an unlikely (and probably wrong?) case that the 'ppi' parameter of ata_host_alloc_pinfo() points to an array starting with a NULL pointer, there's going to be a kernel oops as the 'pi' local variable won't get reassigned from the initial value of NULL. Initialize 'pi' instead to '&ata_dummy_port_info' to fix the possible kernel oops for good... Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with the SVACE static analysis tool.

• linux linux kernel (< 4.9.320) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.10 < 4.14.285) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.15 < 4.19.249) • linux linux kernel (>= 4.20 < 5.4.200) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.5 < 5.10.124) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.11 < 5.15.49) • linux linux kernel (>= 5.16 < 5.18.6) • linux linux kernel 5.19