CVEvulnerability
CVE-2022-49940
5.5 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Analyzed
- Published
- 2025-06-18
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- Weaknesses
- CWE-476
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tty: n_gsm: add sanity check for gsm->receive in gsm_receive_buf()
A null pointer dereference can happen when attempting to access the
"gsm->receive()" function in gsmld_receive_buf(). Currently, the code
assumes that gsm->recieve is only called after MUX activation.
Since the gsmld_receive_buf() function can be accessed without the need to
initialize the MUX, the gsm->receive() function will not be set and a
NULL pointer dereference will occur.
Fix this by avoiding the call to "gsm->receive()" in case the function is
not initialized by adding a sanity check.
Call Trace:
<TASK>
gsmld_receive_buf+0x1c2/0x2f0 drivers/tty/n_gsm.c:2861
tiocsti drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2293 [inline]
tty_ioctl+0xa75/0x15d0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2692
vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
__do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:870 [inline]
__se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:856 [inline]
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x193/0x200 fs/ioctl.c:856
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
Affected configurations
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.15.61 < 5.15.66)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.18.18 < 5.19)
• linux linux kernel (>= 5.19.2 < 5.19.8)
• linux linux kernel 6.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference weakness
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/309aea4b6b813f6678c3a547cfd7fe3a76ffa976 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a82cf64f8ad63caf6bf115642ce44ddbc64311e Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5aa37f9510345a812c0998bcbbc4d88d1dcc4d8b Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f16c6d2e58a4c2b972efcf9eb12390ee0ba3befb Patch