# CVE-2022-49071: drm/panel: ili9341: fix optional regulator handling

- 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: 5.15

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/panel: ili9341: fix optional regulator handling If the optional regulator lookup fails, reset the pointer to NULL. Other functions such as mipi_dbi_poweron_reset_conditional() only do a NULL pointer check and will otherwise dereference the error pointer.

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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/28dc1503a9d36654f9c61adb2915682515a30f71
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3d982c111a6c033671dd6084b07f62fbf50f76f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ea189854b1e625ed5ec80d30147870f984db44c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d14eb80e27795b7b20060f7b151cdfe39722a813

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