CVE-2022-49692 net: phy: at803x: fix NULL pointer dereference on AR9331 PHY
A NULL pointer dereference in the Linux kernel's at803x PHY driver causes a system crash when configuring interrupts for specific Qualcomm Atheros PHYs.
- 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-2022-49692?
CVE-2022-49692 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:
net: phy: at803x: fix NULL pointer dereference on AR9331 PHY
Latest kernel will explode on the PHY interrupt config, since it depends now on allocated priv. So, run probe to allocate priv to fix it.
ar9331_switch ethernet.1:10 lan0 (uninitialized): PHY [!ahb!ethernet@1a000000!mdio!switch@10:00] driver [Qualcomm Atheros AR9331 built-in PHY] (irq=13) CPU 0 Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000000a, epc == 8050e8a8, ra == 80504b34 ... Call Trace: [<8050e8a8>] at803x_config_intr+0x5c/0xd0 [<80504b34>] phy_request_interrupt+0xa8/0xd0 [<8050289c>] phylink_bringup_phy+0x2d8/0x3ac [<80502b68>] phylink_fwnode_phy_connect+0x118/0x130 [<8074d8ec>] dsa_slave_create+0x270/0x420 [<80743b04>] dsa_port_setup+0x12c/0x148 [<8074580c>] dsa_register_switch+0xaf0/0xcc0 [<80511344>] ar9331_sw_probe+0x370/0x388 [<8050cb78>] mdio_probe+0x44/0x70 [<804df300>] really_probe+0x200/0x424 [<804df7b4>] __driver_probe_device+0x290/0x298 [<804df810>] driver_probe_device+0x54/0xe4 [<804dfd50>] __device_attach_driver+0xe4/0x130 [<804dcb00>] bus_for_each_drv+0xb4/0xd8 [<804dfac4>] __device_attach+0x104/0x1a4 [<804ddd24>] bus_probe_device+0x48/0xc4 [<804deb44>] deferred_probe_work_func+0xf0/0x10c [<800a0ffc>] process_one_work+0x314/0x4d4 [<800a17fc>] worker_thread+0x2a4/0x354 [<800a9a54>] kthread+0x134/0x13c [<8006306c>] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x14/0x1c
Same Issue would affect some other PHYs (QCA8081, QCA9561), so fix it too.
Weakness: CWE-476
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49692?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2022-49692?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2022-49692 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49692 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49692, GHSA-xm7v-qxrm-68jg, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49692.