CVE-2022-50276
power: supply: fix null pointer dereferencing in power_supply_get_battery_info
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: power: supply: fix null pointer dereferencing in power_supply_get_battery_info when kmalloc() fail to allocate memory in kasprintf(), propname will be NULL, strcmp() called by of_get_property() will cause null pointer dereference. So 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/104bb8a663451404a26331263ce5b96c34504049
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/279af90e65cbdb3e5c4519b0043324d7876bc5ec
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5beadb55f4e36fafe5d6df5dcd5f85d803f3f134
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ea68b4e3fa9392ef9dae303abc8735a033c280f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8131efb89d9f837c9244f900f0fc2699fd1181d
References (6)
CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
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