CVE-2022-49060: Linux Kernel

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/smc: Fix NULL pointer dereference in smc_pnet_find_ib() dev_name() was called with dev.parent as argument but without to NULL-check it before. Solve this by checking the pointer before the call to dev_name().

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.1, before 5.4.190 (fixed in 5.4.190); from 5.5, before 5.10.112 (fixed in 5.10.112); from 5.11, before 5.15.35 (fixed in 5.15.35); from 5.16, before 5.17.4 (fixed in 5.17.4); version 5.18 only

Published 2025-02-26. Last modified 2026-06-17.