# CVE-2022-49445: pinctrl: renesas: core: Fix possible null-ptr-deref in sh\_pfc\_map\_resources()

- 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: 4.3

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pinctrl: renesas: core: Fix possible null-ptr-deref in sh_pfc_map_resources() It will cause null-ptr-deref when using 'res', if platform_get_resource() returns NULL, so move using 'res' after devm_ioremap_resource() that will check it to avoid null-ptr-deref. And use devm_platform_get_and_ioremap_resource() to simplify code.

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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/f991879762392c19661af5b722578089a12b305f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5ed0519d425619b435150372cce2ffeec71581fa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3a1ad8fd0ac11f4fa1260c23b5db71a25473254
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb4f022b3ad1f3ff3cafdbc7d51896090ae17701
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5376e3d904532e657fd7ca1a9b1ff3d351527b90

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