{"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.2","cveMetadata":{"cveId":"CVE-2022-49805","assignerOrgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","state":"PUBLISHED","assignerShortName":"Linux","dateReserved":"2025-05-01T14:05:17.225Z","datePublished":"2025-05-01T14:09:32.227Z","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:07:07.972Z"},"containers":{"cna":{"providerMetadata":{"orgId":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","shortName":"Linux","dateUpdated":"2026-05-11T19:07:07.972Z"},"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: lan966x: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in lan966x_stats_init()\n\nlan966x_stats_init() calls create_singlethread_workqueue() and not\nchecked the ret value, which may return NULL. And a null-ptr-deref may\nhappen:\n\nlan966x_stats_init()\n    create_singlethread_workqueue() # failed, lan966x->stats_queue is NULL\n    queue_delayed_work()\n        queue_delayed_work_on()\n            __queue_delayed_work()  # warning here, but continue\n                __queue_work()      # access wq->flags, null-ptr-deref\n\nCheck the ret value and return -ENOMEM if it is NULL."}],"affected":[{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_ethtool.c"],"versions":[{"version":"12c2d0a5b8e2a1afc8c7738e19a0d1dd7f3d4007","lessThan":"4a43c1c6040e848e1344c7b16ac696b68fbc439c","status":"affected","versionType":"git"},{"version":"12c2d0a5b8e2a1afc8c7738e19a0d1dd7f3d4007","lessThan":"ba86af3733aece88dbcee0dfebf7e2dcfefb2be4","status":"affected","versionType":"git"}]},{"product":"Linux","vendor":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","programFiles":["drivers/net/ethernet/microchip/lan966x/lan966x_ethtool.c"],"versions":[{"version":"5.17","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","lessThan":"5.17","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.0.10","lessThanOrEqual":"6.0.*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver"},{"version":"6.1","lessThanOrEqual":"*","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix"}]}],"cpeApplicability":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.17","versionEndExcluding":"6.0.10"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionStartIncluding":"5.17","versionEndExcluding":"6.1"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4a43c1c6040e848e1344c7b16ac696b68fbc439c"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba86af3733aece88dbcee0dfebf7e2dcfefb2be4"}],"title":"net: lan966x: Fix potential null-ptr-deref in lan966x_stats_init()","x_generator":{"engine":"bippy-1.2.0"}}}}