CVE-2022-49478: Linux Kernel

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: pvrusb2: fix array-index-out-of-bounds in pvr2_i2c_core_init Syzbot reported that -1 is used as array index. The problem was in missing validation check. hdw->unit_number is initialized with -1 and then if init table walk fails this value remains unchanged. Since code blindly uses this member for array indexing adding sanity check is the easiest fix for that. hdw->workpoll initialization moved upper to prevent warning in __flush_work.

Affected products

• Linux Linux Kernel: from 2.6.18, before 4.9.318 (fixed in 4.9.318); from 4.10, before 4.14.283 (fixed in 4.14.283); from 4.15, before 4.19.247 (fixed in 4.19.247); from 4.20, before 5.4.198 (fixed in 5.4.198); from 5.5, before 5.10.121 (fixed in 5.10.121); from 5.11, before 5.15.46 (fixed in 5.15.46); …

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