CVE-2022-49202 Bluetooth: hci_uart: add missing NULL check in h5_enqueue

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

A missing NULL check in the Linux kernel Bluetooth driver allows attackers to cause a general protection fault and system crash.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2022-49202?

CVE-2022-49202 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 26 Feb 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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

Bluetooth: hci_uart: add missing NULL check in h5_enqueue

Syzbot hit general protection fault in __pm_runtime_resume(). The problem was in missing NULL check.

hu->serdev can be NULL and we should not blindly pass &serdev->dev somewhere, since it will cause GPF.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49202?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-49202?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2022-49202 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49202 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49202, GHSA-qq34-m9w6-mvqp, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49202.

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