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CVE-2022-49459: thermal/drivers/broadcom: Fix potential NULL dereference in sr_thermal_probe

• 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 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-476

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thermal/drivers/broadcom: Fix potential NULL dereference in sr_thermal_probe platform_get_resource() may return NULL, add proper check to avoid potential NULL dereferencing.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: from 5.1 before 5.4.198; from 5.5 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, 5.4.198

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/61621e042c22b47d1eadee617bdd26835294b425
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/79098339ac2065f4b4352ef5921628970b6f47e6
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3461ccaa5d2588568d865faee285512ad448049
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e20d136ec7d6f309989c447638365840d3424c8e
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee9b6b02e8c140323ed46d6602d805ea735c7719
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef1235c6514a58f274246cf4a2d5f4e40af539ce

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