# CVE-2022-49848: phy: qcom-qmp-combo: fix NULL-deref on runtime resume

> A NULL pointer dereference in the Qualcomm QMP combo PHY driver causes a kernel crash during runtime resume on specific platforms.

- **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:** 1 May 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** DEBIAN-CVE-2022-49848, GHSA-pg76-q8r9-xqw5, UBUNTU-CVE-2022-49848

## What is CVE-2022-49848?

CVE-2022-49848 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 May 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:

phy: qcom-qmp-combo: fix NULL-deref on runtime resume

Commit fc64623637da ("phy: qcom-qmp-combo,usb: add support for separate
PCS_USB region") started treating the PCS_USB registers as potentially
separate from the PCS registers but used the wrong base when no PCS_USB
offset has been provided.

Fix the PCS_USB base used at runtime resume to prevent dereferencing a
NULL pointer on platforms that do not provide a PCS_USB offset (e.g.
SC7180).

Weakness: CWE-476 (NULL Pointer Dereference)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-49848?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-49848?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2022-49848 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-49848 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-49848 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-49848 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 1 May 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-2022-49848 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-2022-49848/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-49848/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-49848
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-49848
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-49848

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