CVE-2022-49492

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme-pci: fix a NULL pointer dereference in nvmeallocadmintags In nvmeallocadmintags, the adminq can be set to an error typically -ENOMEM if the blkmqinitqueue call fails to set up the queue, which is checked immediately after th...

CVE-2022-49492

The CVE-2022-49492 issue affects the Linux kernel nvme-pci path. In nvme_alloc_admin_tags, admin_q can be set to an error (e.g., -ENOMEM) and, after returning, the flow may quiesce a non-existent admin queue, leading to a bad NULL pointer dereference. The vulnerability is a local issue with HIGH ...