CVE-2022-48749: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/dpu: invalid parameter check in dpu_setup_dspp_pcc The function performs a check on the "ctx" input parameter, however, it is used before the check. Initialize the "base" variable after the sanity check to avoid a possible NULL pointer dereference. Addresses-Coverity-ID: 1493866 ("Null pointer dereference")

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.8, before 5.10.96 (fixed in 5.10.96); from 5.11, before 5.15.19 (fixed in 5.15.19); from 5.16, before 5.16.5 (fixed in 5.16.5); version 5.17 only

Published 2024-06-20. Last modified 2026-06-17.