# CVE-2022-49507: regulator: da9121: Fix uninit-value in da9121_assign_chip_model()

> A slab-out-of-bounds read in the Linux kernel da9121 regulator driver can cause a crash when probing with an invalid device tree configuration.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H`)
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 26 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49507, GHSA-42x2-72v8-6q9v, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49507

## What is CVE-2022-49507?

CVE-2022-49507 is a medium-severity memory corruption 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:

regulator: da9121: Fix uninit-value in da9121_assign_chip_model()

KASAN report slab-out-of-bounds in __regmap_init as follows:

BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in __regmap_init drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c:841
Read of size 1 at addr ffff88803678cdf1 by task xrun/9137

CPU: 0 PID: 9137 Comm: xrun Tainted: G        W         5.18.0-rc2
Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.13.0-1ubuntu1.1 04/01/2014
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 dump_stack_lvl+0xe8/0x15a lib/dump_stack.c:88
 print_report.cold+0xcd/0x69b mm/kasan/report.c:313
 kasan_report+0x8e/0xc0 mm/kasan/report.c:491
 __regmap_init+0x4540/0x4ba0 drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c:841
 __devm_regmap_init+0x7a/0x100 drivers/base/regmap/regmap.c:1266
 __devm_regmap_init_i2c+0x65/0x80 drivers/base/regmap/regmap-i2c.c:394
 da9121_i2c_probe+0x386/0x6d1 drivers/regulator/da9121-regulator.c:1039
 i2c_device_probe+0x959/0xac0 drivers/i2c/i2c-core-base.c:563

This happend when da9121 device is probe by da9121_i2c_id, but with
invalid dts. Thus, chip->subvariant_id is set to -EINVAL, and later
da9121_assign_chip_model() will access 'regmap' without init it.

Fix it by return -EINVAL from da9121_assign_chip_model() if
'chip->subvariant_id' is invalid.

Weakness: CWE-908 (Use of Uninitialized Resource)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49507?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-49507?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-49507 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49507 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-49507 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-49507 is a medium-severity memory corruption 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49507 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49507/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49507/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49507
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49507
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49507

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