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CVE-2022-49106

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: vchiq_arm: Avoid NULL ptr deref in vchiq_dump_platform_instances vchiq_get_state() can return a NULL pointer. So handle this cases and avoid a NULL pointer derefence in vchiq_dump_platform_instances.

Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS score
5.5 (v3.1)
Vulnerability status
Modified
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2025-02-26 07:00:48.003000
Last modified
2026-10-30 13:17:12.823000
View original CVE JSON 
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