CVE-2022-48942

Publication date 22 August 2024

Last updated 26 August 2025


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

5.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: Handle failure to register sensor with thermal zone correctly If an attempt is made to a sensor with a thermal zone and it fails, the call to devm_thermal_zone_of_sensor_register() may return -ENODEV. This may result in crashes similar to the following. Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000000000003cd ... Internal error: Oops: 96000021 [#1] PREEMPT SMP ... pstate: 60400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : mutex_lock+0x18/0x60 lr : thermal_zone_device_update+0x40/0x2e0 sp : ffff800014c4fc60 x29: ffff800014c4fc60 x28: ffff365ee3f6e000 x27: ffffdde218426790 x26: ffff365ee3f6e000 x25: 0000000000000000 x24: ffff365ee3f6e000 x23: ffffdde218426870 x22: ffff365ee3f6e000 x21: 00000000000003cd x20: ffff365ee8bf3308 x19: ffffffffffffffed x18: 0000000000000000 x17: ffffdde21842689c x16: ffffdde1cb7a0b7c x15: 0000000000000040 x14: ffffdde21a4889a0 x13: 0000000000000228 x12: 0000000000000000 x11: 0000000000000000 x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : 0000000000000000 x8 : 0000000001120000 x7 : 0000000000000001 x6 : 0000000000000000 x5 : 0068000878e20f07 x4 : 0000000000000000 x3 : 00000000000003cd x2 : ffff365ee3f6e000 x1 : 0000000000000000 x0 : 00000000000003cd Call trace: mutex_lock+0x18/0x60 hwmon_notify_event+0xfc/0x110 0xffffdde1cb7a0a90 0xffffdde1cb7a0b7c irq_thread_fn+0x2c/0xa0 irq_thread+0x134/0x240 kthread+0x178/0x190 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 Code: d503201f d503201f d2800001 aa0103e4 (c8e47c02) Jon Hunter reports that the exact call sequence is: hwmon_notify_event() --> hwmon_thermal_notify() --> thermal_zone_device_update() --> update_temperature() --> mutex_lock() The hwmon core needs to handle all errors returned from calls to devm_thermal_zone_of_sensor_register(). If the call fails with -ENODEV, report that the sensor was not attached to a thermal zone but continue to register the hwmon device.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
linux-hwe 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored replaced by linux-hwe-5.4
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
linux-hwe-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
linux-hwe-5.8 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-hwe-5.11
linux-hwe-5.11 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-hwe-5.13
linux-hwe-5.13 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-hwe-5.15
linux-hwe-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-hwe-5.19 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-hwe-6.2
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-hwe-6.2 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-hwe-6.5
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-hwe-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-hwe-6.8
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-hwe-6.8 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-hwe-edge 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-hwe-5.4
16.04 LTS xenial Ignored superseded by linux-hwe
linux-lts-xenial 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
linux-kvm 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
linux-allwinner-5.19 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored end of kernel support
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-aws-5.0 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-aws-5.3
linux-aws-5.3 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-aws-5.4
linux-aws-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
linux-aws-5.8 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-aws-5.11
linux-aws-5.11 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-aws-5.13
linux-aws-5.13 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-aws-5.15
linux-aws-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-aws-5.19 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-aws-6.2
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-aws-6.2 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-aws-6.5
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-aws-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-aws-6.8
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-aws-hwe 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
linux-azure 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-azure-5.3
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
linux-azure-4.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
linux-azure-5.3 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-azure-5.4
linux-azure-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
linux-azure-5.8 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-azure-5.11
linux-azure-5.11 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-azure-5.13
linux-azure-5.13 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-azure-5.15
linux-azure-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-azure-5.19 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-azure-6.2
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-azure-6.2 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-azure-6.5
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-azure-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-azure-6.8
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-azure-fde 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-azure-fde-5.15
linux-azure-fde-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-azure-fde-5.19 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-azure-fde-6.2
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-iot 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-azure-fde-6.2 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored replaced by linux-azure-6.5
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-bluefield 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-azure-edge 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-azure-5.3
linux-fips 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy  
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal  
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic  
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial  
Not affected
linux-aws-fips 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy  
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal  
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic  
Not affected
linux-azure-fips 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy  
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal  
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic  
Not affected
linux-gcp-fips 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy  
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal  
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic  
Not affected
linux-gcp 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-5.3
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
linux-gcp-4.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
linux-gcp-5.3 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-5.4
linux-gcp-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
linux-gcp-5.8 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-5.11
linux-gcp-5.11 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-5.13
linux-gcp-5.13 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-5.15
linux-gcp-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-gcp-5.19 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-6.2
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-gcp-6.2 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-6.5
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-gcp-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-gcp-6.8
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-gke 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of kernel support
linux-gke-4.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-gke-5.0
linux-gke-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of kernel support
linux-gke-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of kernel support
linux-gkeop-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored end of kernel support
linux-gkeop-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-ibm-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
linux-ibm-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-intel-5.13 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored end of kernel support
linux-intel-iotg 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-intel-iotg-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 5.15.0-1008.11~20.04.1
linux-lowlatency 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-nvidia 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-nvidia-6.2 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-nvidia-6.5
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-nvidia-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-nvidia-6.8 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-nvidia-lowlatency 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-oracle-5.0 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-oracle-5.3
linux-oracle-5.3 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored superseded by linux-oracle-5.4
linux-oracle-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
linux-oracle-5.8 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-oracle-5.11
linux-oracle-5.11 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-oracle-5.13
linux-oracle-5.13 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-oracle-5.15
linux-oracle-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-oracle-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-oracle-6.8
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-oem 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Ignored replaced by linux-hwe-5.4
linux-oem-5.6 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-oem-5.10
linux-oem-5.10 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-oem-5.13
linux-oem-5.13 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-oem-5.14
linux-oem-5.14 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored replaced by linux-hwe-5.15
linux-oem-5.17 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-oem-6.1
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-oem-6.0 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-oem-6.1
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-oem-6.1 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-oem-6.5
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-oem-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-oem-6.8
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-oem-6.8 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-raspi2 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored replaced by linux-raspi
linux-raspi-5.4 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
linux-riscv 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored end of kernel support
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-riscv-5.8
linux-riscv-5.8 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-riscv-5.11
linux-riscv-5.11 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Ignored superseded by linux-riscv-5.13
linux-riscv-5.15 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-riscv-5.19 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored end of kernel support
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-riscv-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-riscv-6.8
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-riscv-6.8 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-starfive-5.19 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored end of kernel support
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-starfive-6.2 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored superseded by linux-starfive-6.5
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-starfive-6.5 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy Ignored end of kernel support
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
linux-xilinx-zynqmp 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
linux-aws 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
14.04 LTS trusty
Not affected
linux-gkeop 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-ibm 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-oracle 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
linux-raspi 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
linux-intel 24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-intel-iot-realtime 24.04 LTS noble Not in release
22.04 LTS jammy  
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-raspi-realtime 24.04 LTS noble  
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy Not in release
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
linux-realtime 24.04 LTS noble  
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy  
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
16.04 LTS xenial Not in release
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

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Package Patch details
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Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 5.5 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H