{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48942 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2022-48942 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 22 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2022-48942 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2022-48942 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 22 Aug 2024. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-48942 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48942/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48942/index.md)","id":"CVE-2022-48942","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48942/index.md","name":"CVE-2022-48942","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2022-48942","GHSA-8g6r-2qgw-fhv7","UBUNTU-CVE-2022-48942"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel hwmon subsystem causes a crash when thermal zone registration fails, leading to denial of service.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"null_dereference"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[{"product":"linux_kernel","vendor":"linux"}],"cvss":{"score":5.5,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-476","name":"NULL Pointer Dereference"}],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nhwmon: Handle failure to register sensor with thermal zone correctly\n\nIf an attempt is made to a sensor with a thermal zone and it fails,\nthe call to devm_thermal_zone_of_sensor_register() may return -ENODEV.\nThis may result in crashes similar to the following.\n\nUnable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000003cd\n...\nInternal error: Oops: 96000021 [#1] PREEMPT SMP\n...\npstate: 60400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)\npc : mutex_lock+0x18/0x60\nlr : thermal_zone_device_update+0x40/0x2e0\nsp : ffff800014c4fc60\nx29: ffff800014c4fc60 x28: ffff365ee3f6e000 x27: ffffdde218426790\nx26: ffff365ee3f6e000 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffff365ee3f6e000\nx23: ffffdde218426870 x22: ffff365ee3f6e000 x21: 00000000000003cd\nx20: ffff365ee8bf3308 x19: ffffffffffffffed x18: 0000000000000000\nx17: ffffdde21842689c x16: ffffdde1cb7a0b7c x15: 0000000000000040\nx14: ffffdde21a4889a0 x13: 0000000000000228 x12: 0000000000000000\nx11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : 0000000000000000\nx8 : 0000000001120000 x7 : 0000000000000001 x6 : 0000000000000000\nx5 : 0068000878e20f07 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 00000000000003cd\nx2 : ffff365ee3f6e000 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 00000000000003cd\nCall trace:\n mutex_lock+0x18/0x60\n hwmon_notify_event+0xfc/0x110\n 0xffffdde1cb7a0a90\n 0xffffdde1cb7a0b7c\n irq_thread_fn+0x2c/0xa0\n irq_thread+0x134/0x240\n kthread+0x178/0x190\n ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20\nCode: d503201f d503201f d2800001 aa0103e4 (c8e47c02)\n\nJon Hunter reports that the exact call sequence is:\n\nhwmon_notify_event()\n  --\u003e hwmon_thermal_notify()\n    --\u003e thermal_zone_device_update()\n      --\u003e update_temperature()\n        --\u003e mutex_lock()\n\nThe hwmon core needs to handle all errors returned from calls\nto devm_thermal_zone_of_sensor_register(). If the call fails\nwith -ENODEV, report that the sensor was not attached to a\nthermal zone  but continue to register the hwmon device.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"hwmon: Handle failure to register sensor with thermal zone correctly","id":"CVE-2022-48942","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"linux:linux_kernel","products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"type":"null_dereference","year":"2022"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":4,"next":{"headline":"KVM: x86/mmu: make apf token non-zero to fix bug","id":"CVE-2022-48943"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"ice: fix concurrent reset and removal of VFs","id":"CVE-2022-48941"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2024-08-22","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write","id":"CVE-2026-53266","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2026-06-25"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation","id":"CVE-2013-6282","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-11-19"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2022-0185","kev_date_added":"2024-08-21","published":"2022-02-11"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2013-2094","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-05-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Unspecified","id":"CVE-2026-53362","kev_date_added":"2026-08-27","published":"2026-07-04"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Missing Initialization of a Variable","id":"CVE-2026-46300","kev_date_added":"2026-10-28","published":"2026-05-23"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Race Condition","id":"CVE-2025-39964","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2025-10-13"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-05-11","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel hwmon subsystem causes a crash when thermal zone registration fails, leading to denial of service.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-48942/"}