Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Oct 21, 2024· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-49009
CVE-2022-49009
Description
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.
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- (no CPE)
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: >=5.18,<6.0.12
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.1:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: 5.18
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