Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2022-49940

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - tty: ngsm: add sanity check for gsm-receive in gsmreceivebuf A null pointer dereference can happen when attempting to access the gsm-receive function in...

CVE-2022-49940

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: ngsm: add sanity check for gsm-receive in gsmreceivebuf A null pointer dereference can happen when attempting to access the "gsm-receive" function in gsmldreceivebuf. Currently, the code assumes that gsm-recieve is only call...

CVE-2022-49940

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tty: ngsm: add sanity check for gsm-receive in gsmreceivebuf A null pointer dereference can happen when attempting to access the "gsm-receive" function in gsmldreceivebuf. Currently, the code assumes that gsm-recieve is only call...

CVE-2022-49940

CVE-2022-49940 concerns the Linux kernel tty/n_gsm subsystem. The vulnerability arises when gsmld_receive_buf() may call gsm->receive() even if gsm->receive is not initialized, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. The fix adds a sanity check to avoid invoking gsm->receive() if the func...