CVE-2022-49832
pinctrl: devicetree: fix null pointer dereferencing in pinctrl_dt_to_map
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pinctrl: devicetree: fix null pointer dereferencing in pinctrl_dt_to_map Here is the BUG report by KASAN about null pointer dereference: BUG: KASAN: null-ptr-deref in strcmp+0x2e/0x50 Read of size 1 at addr 0000000000000000 by task python3/2640 Call Trace: strcmp __of_find_property of_find_property pinctrl_dt_to_map kasprintf() would return NULL pointer when kmalloc() fail to allocate. So directly return ENOMEM, if kasprintf() return NULL pointer.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/040f726fecd88121f3b95e70369785ad452dddf9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5834a3a98cd266ad35a229923c0adbd0addc8d68
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/777430aa4ddccaa5accec6db90ffc1d47f00d471
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/91d5c5060ee24fe8da88cd585bb43b843d2f0dce
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97e5b508e96176f1a73888ed89df396d7041bfcb
References (8)
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
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