# CVE-2022-49448: soc: bcm: Check for NULL return of devm\_kzalloc()

- 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: 5.12

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: soc: bcm: Check for NULL return of devm_kzalloc() As the potential failure of allocation, devm_kzalloc() may return NULL. Then the 'pd->pmb' and the follow lines of code may bring null pointer dereference. Therefore, it is better to check the return value of devm_kzalloc() to avoid this confusion.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5650e103bfc70156001615861fb8aafb3947da6e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36339ea7bae4943be01c8e9545e46e334591fecd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b48b98743b568bb219152ba2e15af6ef0d3d8a9b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b4bd2aafacce48db26b0a213d849818d940556dd

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