What is CVE-2022-49046?

CVE-2022-49046 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-02-26.

How severe is CVE-2022-49046?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-49046 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

NULL pointer dereference in Linux

CVE-2022-49046

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: dev: check return value when calling dev_set_name() If dev_set_name() fails, the dev_name() is null, check the return value of dev_set_name() to avoid the null-ptr-deref.

EPSS: 0.003 (17.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions 5.6.15, 4.19.125, f1f3b4150baf7c3aa6b4e6b81b8ff1909996d507
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 5.18

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-476 — NULL Pointer Dereference

Public proof-of-concept exploits

w4zu/Debian_

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-49046?: CVE-2022-49046 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under NULL Pointer Dereference. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-02-26.
How severe is CVE-2022-49046?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-49046 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.