CVE-2022-49491 drm/rockchip: vop: fix possible null-ptr-deref in vop_bind()

What is CVE-2022-49491?

CVE-2022-49491 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:

drm/rockchip: vop: fix possible null-ptr-deref in vop_bind()

It will cause null-ptr-deref in resource_size(), if platform_get_resource() returns NULL, move calling resource_size() after devm_ioremap_resource() that will check 'res' to avoid null-ptr-deref.

Weakness: CWE-476

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49491?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2022-49491?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2022-49491 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49491 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49491, GHSA-f83p-7qxr-cxpg, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49491.