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CVE-2022-48915: thermal: core: Fix TZ_GET_TRIP NULL pointer dereference

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-08-22 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thermal: core: Fix TZ_GET_TRIP NULL pointer dereference Do not call get_trip_hyst() from thermal_genl_cmd_tz_get_trip() if the thermal zone does not define one.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 5.9 before 5.10.104; from 5.11 before 5.15.27; from 5.16 before 5.16.13 — fixed in 5.10.104, 5.15.27, 5.16.13

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.10.104, 5.15.27, 5.16.13. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c0b51e62a50e9291764d022ed44549e65d6ab9c
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3dafbf915c05f83469e791949b5590da2aca2afb
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c294285cec3964b3291772ac0642c2bf440bd1b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5838a14832d447990827d85e90afe17e6fb9c175

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