CVE-2022-49308

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49308
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-49308.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2022-49308
Downstream
Related
Published
2025-02-26T02:10:39.648Z
Modified
2026-03-12T03:24:58.793101Z
Summary
extcon: Modify extcon device to be created after driver data is set
Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

extcon: Modify extcon device to be created after driver data is set

Currently, someone can invoke the sysfs such as stateshow() intermittently before devset_drvdata() is done. And it can be a cause of kernel Oops because of edev is Null at that time. So modified the driver registration to after setting drviver data.

  • Oops's backtrace.

Backtrace: [<c067865c>] (stateshow) from [<c05222e8>] (devattrshow) [<c05222c0>] (devattrshow) from [<c02c66e0>] (sysfskfseqshow) [<c02c6648>] (sysfskfseqshow) from [<c02c496c>] (kernfsseqshow) [<c02c4938>] (kernfsseqshow) from [<c025e2a0>] (seqread) [<c025e11c>] (seqread) from [<c02c50a0>] (kernfsfopread) [<c02c5064>] (kernfsfop_read) from [<c0231cac>] (__vfs_read) [<c0231c5c>] (__vfsread) from [<c0231ee0>] (vfsread) [<c0231e34>] (vfsread) from [<c0232464>] (ksysread) [<c02323f0>] (ksysread) from [<c02324fc>] (sysread) [<c02324e4>] (sys_read) from [<c00091d0>] (__systracereturn)

Database specific
{
    "cna_assigner": "Linux",
    "osv_generated_from": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/49xxx/CVE-2022-49308.json"
}
References

Affected packages

Git / git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
Events
Introduced
de55d8716ac50a356cea736c29bb7db5ac3d0190
Fixed
6e721f3ad0535b24f19a62420f4da95212cf069c
Fixed
cb81ea998c461868d1168411a867d8ffee12f23f
Fixed
d472c78cc82999d07bd09193a6718016ce9cd386
Fixed
abf3b222614f49f98e606fccdd269161c0d70204
Fixed
368e68ad6da4317fc4170e8d92b51c13d1bfe7a7
Fixed
35ff1ac55d301efb3f467cf5426faaeb3452994b
Fixed
033ec4e7e59ae5e1ef1e8c10bc6552926044ed1c
Fixed
5dcc2afe716d69f5112ce035cb14f007461ff189

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2022-49308.json"