{"id":"CVE-2022-49453","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsoc: ti: ti_sci_pm_domains: Check for null return of devm_kcalloc\n\nThe allocation funciton devm_kcalloc may fail and return a null pointer,\nwhich would cause a null-poi…","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsoc: ti: ti_sci_pm_domains: Check for null return of devm_kcalloc\n\nThe allocation funciton devm_kcalloc may fail and return a null pointer,\nwhich would cause a null-poi…","severity":"medium","cvss":5.5,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","cwe":["CWE-476","CWE-476"],"vendor":"linux","product":"linux_kernel","affected":["linux_kernel < 5.10.121","linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.46","linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 5.17.14","linux_kernel >= 5.18, < 5.18.3"],"patched":["linux_kernel 5.18.3"],"published":"2025-02-26","updated":"2026-08-15","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49453","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01ba41a359622ab256ce4d4f8b94c67165ae3daf","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/05efc4591f80582b6fe53366b70b6a35a42fd255","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7cef9274fa1b8506949d74bc45aef072b890824a","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba56291e297d28aa6eb82c5c1964fae2d7594746","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c4e188869406b47ac3350920bf165be303cb1c96","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00261,"epssPercentile":0.18196,"ingestedAt":"2026-08-15T13:26:44.040Z","slug":"CVE-2022-49453","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsoc: ti: ti_sci_pm_domains: Check for null return of devm_kcalloc\n\nThe allocation funciton devm_kcalloc may fail and return a null pointer,\nwhich would cause a null-pointer dereference later.\nIt might be better to check it and directly return -ENOMEM just like the\nusage of devm_kcalloc in previous code.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `linux_kernel < 5.10.121`\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.46`\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 5.17.14`\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.18, < 5.18.3`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `linux_kernel 5.18.3`","depth":"sunlit","depthScore":30,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":30.3,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}