CVE-2022-49009: 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: hwmon: (asus-ec-sensors) Add checks for devm_kcalloc As the devm_kcalloc may return NULL, the return value needs to be checked to avoid NULL poineter dereference.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.18, before 6.0.12 (fixed in 6.0.12); version 6.1 only

Published 2024-10-21. Last modified 2026-06-17.