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CVE-2022-49453: soc: ti: ti_sci_pm_domains: Check for null return of devm_kcalloc

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-02-26 · updated 2026-08-15
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: soc: ti: ti_sci_pm_domains: Check for null return of devm_kcalloc The allocation funciton devm_kcalloc may fail and return a null pointer, which would cause a null-pointer dereference later. It might be better to check it and directly return -ENOMEM just like the usage of devm_kcalloc in previous code.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: before 5.10.121; from 5.11 before 5.15.46; from 5.16 before 5.17.14; from 5.18 before 5.18.3 — fixed in 5.10.121, 5.15.46, 5.17.14, 5.18.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.10.121, 5.15.46, 5.17.14, 5.18.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01ba41a359622ab256ce4d4f8b94c67165ae3daf
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05efc4591f80582b6fe53366b70b6a35a42fd255
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cef9274fa1b8506949d74bc45aef072b890824a
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba56291e297d28aa6eb82c5c1964fae2d7594746
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4e188869406b47ac3350920bf165be303cb1c96

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