CVE-2022-49046

CVE-2022-49046: vulnerability in Linux

i2c: dev: check return value when calling dev_set_name()

Published · Updated

3Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackepss 0.3%
exploitation probability
0.3%top 83% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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.
Affected products
Linux · Linux
Related CVEs — Linux

In the same product, most dangerous first.

CVE-2024-53197HIGHALSA: usb-audio: Fix potential out-of-bound accesses for Extigy and Mbox devicesEPSS 4.1%KEVCVE-2026-31431HIGHcrypto: algif_aead - Revert to operating out-of-placeEPSS 3.4%KEVCVE-2024-53104HIGHmedia: uvcvideo: Skip parsing frames of type UVC_VS_UNDEFINED in uvc_parse_formatEPSS 3.4%KEVCVE-2025-39682CRITICALtls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_listEPSS 2.9%KEVCVE-2024-36971HIGHnet: fix __dst_negative_advice() raceEPSS 2.7%KEVCVE-2024-53150HIGHALSA: usb-audio: Fix out of bounds reads when finding clock sourcesEPSS 1.4%KEV
References
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e539b17d4cbe5fb8b5152dd9a6e4a8828f97db2https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f345bb14ad4744950499ff222e2899209297afahttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/993eb48fa199b5f476df8204e652eff63dd19361https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c74d77a2d07744147d734138acd6ce9dba715e5dhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html