# CVE-2022-48708: pinctrl: single: fix potential NULL dereference

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-05-21 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.11

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pinctrl: single: fix potential NULL dereference Added checking of pointer "function" in pcs_set_mux(). pinmux_generic_get_function() can return NULL and the pointer "function" was dereferenced without checking against NULL. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1177bdafe87cbe543a2dc48a9bbac265aa5864db
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e671e63587c92b3fd767cf82e73129f6d5feeb33
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b763f7de108cb1a5ad5ed08e617d677341947cb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e2a0521e4e84a2698f2da3950fb5c5496a4d208
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/71668706fbe7d20e6f172fa3287fa8aac1b56c26
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bcc487001a15f71f103d102cba4ac8145d7a68f2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2d73e6d4822140445ad4a7b1c6091e0f5fe703b

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