Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2022-50847

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/bridge: it6505: Initialize AUX channel in it6505_i2c_probe During device boot, the HPD interrupt could be triggered before the DRM subsystem registers it6505 as a DRM bridge. In such cases, the driver tries to access AUX channel and causes NULL pointer dereference. Initializing the AUX channel earlier to prevent such error.

EPSS: 0.002 (9.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Linux — versions b5c84a9edcd418cd055becad6a22439e7c5e3bf8, 5.18, 0

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