CVE-2022-49202: linux kernel vulnerability

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_uart: add missing NULL check in h5_enqueue Syzbot hit general protection fault in __pm_runtime_resume(). The problem was in missing NULL check. hu->serdev can be NULL and we should not blindly pass &serdev->dev somewhere, since it will cause GPF.
CVE-2022-49202CVSS 5.5Linux

CVE-2022-49202: linux kernel vulnerability

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_uart: add missing NULL check in h5_enqueue Syzbot hit general protection fault in __pm_runtime_resume(). The problem was in missing NULL check. hu->serdev can be NULL and we should not blindly pass &serdev->dev somewhere, since it will cause GPF.

CVSS
5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS
15.69%
Known exploited
not in KEV
Product
linux kernel

What is known

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_uart: add missing NULL check in h5_enqueue Syzbot hit general protection fault in __pm_runtime_resume(). The problem was in missing NULL check. hu->serdev can be NULL and we should not blindly pass &serdev->dev somewhere, since it will cause GPF.

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