# CVE-2022-48915: thermal: core: Fix TZ\_GET\_TRIP NULL pointer dereference

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-08-22 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 5.9

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: thermal: core: Fix TZ_GET_TRIP NULL pointer dereference Do not call get_trip_hyst() from thermal_genl_cmd_tz_get_trip() if the thermal zone does not define one.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c0b51e62a50e9291764d022ed44549e65d6ab9c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3dafbf915c05f83469e791949b5590da2aca2afb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c294285cec3964b3291772ac0642c2bf440bd1b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5838a14832d447990827d85e90afe17e6fb9c175

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