# CVE-2022-49061: net: ethernet: stmmac: fix altr\_tse\_pcs function when using a fixed-link

- Severity: CVSS 5.5 (Medium), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-02-26 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 4.8

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: ethernet: stmmac: fix altr_tse_pcs function when using a fixed-link When using a fixed-link, the altr_tse_pcs driver crashes due to null-pointer dereference as no phy_device is provided to tse_pcs_fix_mac_speed function. Fix this by adding a check for phy_dev before calling the tse_pcs_fix_mac_speed() function. Also clean up the tse_pcs_fix_mac_speed function a bit. There is no need to check for splitter_base and sgmii_adapter_base because the driver will fail if these 2 variables are not derived from the device tree.

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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/7e59fdf9547c4f948d1d917ec7ffa5fb5ac53bdb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08d5e3e954537931c8da7428034808d202e98299
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62a48383ebe2e159fd68425dd3e16d4c6bd6599a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6c020f05253df04c3480b586fe188a3582740049
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6aaa00324240967272b451bfa772547bd576ee6

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