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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 26, 2025· Updated Dec 23, 2025

net: phy: micrel: Allow probing without .driver_data

CVE-2022-49472

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: phy: micrel: Allow probing without .driver_data

Currently, if the .probe element is present in the phy_driver structure and the .driver_data is not, a NULL pointer dereference happens.

Allow passing .probe without .driver_data by inserting NULL checks for priv->type.

Affected products

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Patches

0

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