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CVE-2022-49940 (GCVE-0-2022-49940)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-06-18 10:54 – Updated: 2026-05-23 15:23
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Title
tty: n_gsm: add sanity check for gsm->receive in gsm_receive_buf()
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: n_gsm: add sanity check for gsm->receive in gsm_receive_buf() A null pointer dereference can happen when attempting to access the "gsm->receive()" function in gsmld_receive_buf(). Currently, the code assumes that gsm->recieve is only called after MUX activation. Since the gsmld_receive_buf() function can be accessed without the need to initialize the MUX, the gsm->receive() function will not be set and a NULL pointer dereference will occur. Fix this by avoiding the call to "gsm->receive()" in case the function is not initialized by adding a sanity check. Call Trace: <TASK> gsmld_receive_buf+0x1c2/0x2f0 drivers/tty/n_gsm.c:2861 tiocsti drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2293 [inline] tty_ioctl+0xa75/0x15d0 drivers/tty/tty_io.c:2692 vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline] __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:870 [inline] __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:856 [inline] __x64_sys_ioctl+0x193/0x200 fs/ioctl.c:856 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:50 [inline] do_syscall_64+0x35/0xb0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:80 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x63/0xcd
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: b8faa754b523a845facdc83120b2ecd290d7fa6d , < 5a82cf64f8ad63caf6bf115642ce44ddbc64311e (git)
Affected: dfa9b6d34aac2154b5e926d7a7a061123bf137c6 , < 309aea4b6b813f6678c3a547cfd7fe3a76ffa976 (git)
Affected: 5e59c010c6862da329db17acca086afd8bea1aa8 , < 5aa37f9510345a812c0998bcbbc4d88d1dcc4d8b (git)
Affected: 01aecd917114577c423f07cec0d186ad007d76fc , < f16c6d2e58a4c2b972efcf9eb12390ee0ba3befb (git)
Affected: 2dc1be365a70699f7dda92fd9e48b84546086070 (git)
Affected: 5.18.18 , < 5.19 (semver)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.15.61 , < 5.15.66 (semver)
Affected: 5.19.2 , < 5.19.8 (semver)
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