# CVE-2022-48703: thermal/int340x\_thermal: handle data\_vault when the value is ZERO\_SIZE\_PTR

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-03 · Updated: 2026-06-01

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.8

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thermal/int340x_thermal: handle data_vault when the value is ZERO_SIZE_PTR In some case, the GDDV returns a package with a buffer which has zero length. It causes that kmemdup() returns ZERO_SIZE_PTR (0x10). Then the data_vault_read() got NULL point dereference problem when accessing the 0x10 value in data_vault. [ 71.024560] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000010 This patch uses ZERO_OR_NULL_PTR() for checking ZERO_SIZE_PTR or NULL value in data_vault.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/722588f17fd3d3a127e50718ec2caf22bd7e9daa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39d5137085a6c37ace4680ee4d24020a4a03e7dc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dae42083b045a4ddf71c57cf350cb2412b5915c2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7931e28098a4c1a2a6802510b0cbe57546d2049d

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