CVE-2022-49177: 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: hwrng: cavium - fix NULL but dereferenced coccicheck error Fix following coccicheck warning: ./drivers/char/hw_random/cavium-rng-vf.c:182:17-20: ERROR: pdev is NULL but dereferenced.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: before 5.17.2 (fixed in 5.17.2)

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