5.5

CVE-2022-49177

hwrng: cavium - fix NULL but dereferenced coccicheck error

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

hwrng: cavium - fix NULL but dereferenced coccicheck error

Fix following coccicheck warning:
./drivers/char/hw_random/cavium-rng-vf.c:182:17-20: ERROR:
pdev is NULL but dereferenced.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
Linux ≫ Linux Kernel Version < 5.17.2
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.23% 0.135
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
NIST 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CISA-ADP 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e47b12f9415169eceda6770fcf45802e0c8d2a66
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6205ad58a7ac194abfb33897585b38687d797fa
Patch